French/Grammar/Tenses/Future anterior

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Usage

This is used in a sentence when there is something in a future tense, but this action is also in the future, but before the other future. This is called the "futur anterieur" in French.

Formation

The future anterior is a compound tense—it consists of two verbs, the auxiliary verb and the past participle one seeks to use in this tense.
The auxiliary verb is conjugated as if it were being used in the future indicative.
The past participle is added immediately after the auxiliary verb.
A negative structure such as ne ... pas is always placed around the auxiliary verb, not the past participle.

Tenses and moods

Concepts :	Present participle · Past participle · Gérondif · Infinitive · Past infinitive · Auxiliary verb · Perfect tenses
Indicative mood :	Simple tenses (Present · Imperfect · Past historic · Future) · Perfect tenses (Present perfect · Pluperfect · Past anterior · Future anterior) · Other tenses (Recent past · Near future)
Subjunctive mood :	Present · Imperfect · Past · Pluperfect
Imperative mood :	Present · Past
Conditional mood :	Present · Past · Second form of the past

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