Futuro semplice
Simple future
“inizieranno ufficialmente i Giochi Olimpici 2021”
(the 2021 Olympic Games will officially begin)
In Italian the future tense is used to talk about:
1. something that has yet to happen, or will be true in the future (no matter close or far, speculative or definite):
– “PARTIRÒ l’anno prossimo”
= I will leave next year
Note that sometimes, in ltalian as in English, the present tense is used to refer to the future:
– “PARTO domani”
= I’M LEAVING tomorrow
– “Il corso COMINCIA domani”
= The course STARTS tomorrow
2. to talk about SPECULATION:
– “Dove SARÀ Luca?”
= Where Luca COULD BE?
– “Forse SARÀ a casa
= Perhaps he IS home
The future endings of regular –ARE and –ERE verbs are:
-erò, -erai -erà, -eremo, -erete, -eranno
The future endings of regular –IRE verbs are:
-irò, -irai -irà, -iremo, -irete, -iranno