In Italian the future tense shows an action that is likely to take place in the future. Unlike the English language where “will” or “to be going to” etc would be used a simpler method is used wherein the certain endings mark the future tense.
Future tense in Italian of first person – that means regular “are” verbs is formed by adding “er” instead of the “are” ending and adding o,ai,a,emo,ete,anno as the endings – namely :
For the verb Canteare – you remove the “are” add “er” so it spells as canter.
Then add the following endings:
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| I | Io – canter | Noi – canteremo |
| II | Tu – canerai | Voi – canterete |
| III | Lui, lei, Lei – Cantera | Loro, loro - canteranno |
Second- and Third-Conjugation Verbs
It is noticed that in the future tense of a regular second- or third-conjugation (-ere or -ire) verb, it can be made by removing the last -e of the infinitive of the verb to get the stem of the verb and add the following endings: -Ú, -ai, -‡, -emo, -ete, -anno.