French · Chapter 10 · Lesson 12 · Grammar primer
Talking about the future
Two ways: aller + infinitive (futur proche) and the inflectional futur simple. Regular endings -ai / -as / -a / -ons / -ez / -ont, the irregular stems, and when each tense is the right call.
The short version
After quand, French marks the future twice
English says when I arrive and leaves that clause in the present. French marks both halves as future: quand j'arriverai, je t'appellerai. The same applies after lorsque, dès que and aussitôt que. Writing quand j'arrive for a future event is the classic English-speaker slip.
Quand j'arriverai, je t'appellerai.
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