Partono domani. They’ll leave/They’re leaving tomorrow. 

Viene anche l’anno prossimo, Signora? Will you come/be coming again next year(, Madam?) 

L’anno prossimo sono all’università. Next year I’ll be at university. 

5 However, in certain cases Italian uses the future where English uses the present. Take this English sentence: ‘When/If I earn/am earning good money, I’ll buy a car.’ Here, ‘when’ and ‘if’ actually refer to an action in the future ; in cases like this, Italian normally uses the future tense: 

Se guadagnerò bene, comprerò una macchina. If I earn/am earning good money, I’ll buy a car. 

Quando arriverà, le mostreremo il centro commerciale. When she arrives, we’ll show her the shopping mall. 

## The forms of the future indicative 

6 The future endings for the three conjugations are as follows: 

(io) (tu) (lui/lei) (noi) (voi) (loro) 

Regular verbs ending in -are  are conjugated as follows: 

Parlare parl erò parl erai parl erà parl eremo parl erete parl eranno 

Regular verbs ending in -ere  are conjugated as follows: 

-are -erò -erai -erà -eremo -erete -eranno 

To speak I will speak you will speak he/she/it will speak we will speak you will speak they will speak 

-ere -erò -erai -erà -eremo -erete -eranno 

-ire -irò -irai -irà -iremo -irete -iranno 

