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Future Perfect & Past Conditional

 

 

Futur perfect (futur antérieur):

 

 

• The future perfect (will have + past participle) is composed of the future tense of the auxiliary verb (avoir + être) and the past participle.

 

Ex. C’est moi qui aurrai fait le tour du monde.

(I am the one who will have travelled around the world.)

 

• The future perfect is used to talk about events in the future that will have happened prior to or before another event in the future. It often occurs together with conjunctions that refer to certain points in time. These conjunctions are:

 

aussitôt que/dès que, après que, quand/lorsque, tant que

 

• Note: In English we use the present: (when we arrive). In French you must say the equivalent of: (when we will have arrived, etc.)

 

 

Past conditional (conditionnel passé):

 

 

• The past conditional (would have + past participle) is composed of the present conditional tense of the auxiliary verb and the past participle.

 

Ex. Nous serions allés en France si tu nous avais invites.

(We could have gone to France if you had invited us.)

 

Ex. Tu aurais pu nous accompagner.

(You could have come with us.)

 

 

 

• The past conditional is used largely in connection with if-clause constructions.