Colloquial Italian 2 (eBook And MP3 Pack) by Lymbery Sylvia; Silipo Sandra;

Author:Lymbery, Sylvia; Silipo, Sandra;
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1779065
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Looking ahead in this way, she uses the future tense.

Form

The root for the future is exactly the same as that for the conditional (Unit 8). The endings are the same for all verbs:

1st sing -ò 1st plur -emo

2nd sing -ai 2nd plur -ete

3rd sing -a 3rd plur -anno

giving:

parlare scrivere finire dormire

parlerò scriverò finirò dormirò

parlerai scriverai finirai domirai

parlerà scriverà finirà dormirà

parleremo scriveremo finiremo dormiremo

parlerete scriverete finirete dormirete

parleranno scriveranno finiranno dormiranno

Note the stressed vowels at the end of the 1st and 3rd person singular and that the stress in the 3rd person plural is on the penultimate syllable. Note also that the 1st person plural of the future differs from the 1st person plural of the conditional by one letter:

future conditional

scriveremo scriveremmo

we shall/will write we would write

Pronouncing a single or a double m makes an important difference in meaning. For irregular verbs, see the Grammar reference.

Use

1. The future can be used to express future actions/states, although the present is used more often than the future. The future tends to be used when there is a hint of hopes, plans which are not yet definite, e.g.

L'anno prossimo vado in vacanza in Grecia.

Next year I am going to Greece on holiday.

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