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Learn how to use the future tense in Italian

First of all we should take a look at our own language - English has many ways of expressing the future.
Some examples are I will do, I am doing or I am going to do.
Italian is a lot simpler.
Italians either use the present tense (to talk about the very near future) or the future tense - which we will explain here:

Infinitives ending -ere or -ire:
First lose the last letter of the infinitive, then add one of these endings, depending on the subject.
Let’s use the verb credere (to believe) as our example:
crederò - I will believe
crederai - You will believe
crederà - he/she/it will believe
crederemo - we will believe
crederate - you will believe
crederanno - they will believe
The accent on some of the endings indicates where to put your stress.

Infinitives ending - are:
Lose the - are and replace it with -er then add the same endings as above
Let’s use the example of caminare:
caminerò - I will walk
caminerai - you will walk
caminerà - he/she/it will walk
camineremo - we will walk
caminerete - you will walk
camineranno - they will walk

Any irregulars, you may ask? One or two! Here are some common ones:
essere
(to be) becomes sar + ending
fare (to do) becomes far + ending
avere (to have) becomes avr + ending
(similar also dovere - dovr+ (must), potere - potr+ (can), sapere - sapr+ (know), andare - andr+(go))
volere (to want) becomes vorr + ending
venire (to come) bcomes verr + ending

Let’s translate some examples:
Tomorrow I’m eating at Bill’s - Domani mangerò da Bill
Next year they are going to visit Thailand - L’anno prossimo visiteranno la Thailandia
I’ll be there at 6 - Sarò li alle 6
We’re going to have a baby - avremo un bambino

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