FrenchConjugationFutur

Manger (to eat) · Futur

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Manger in the French futur simple is: je mangerai, tu mangeras, il/elle/on mangera, nous mangerons, vous mangerez, ils/elles mangeront. The futur simple of manger is fully regular: full infinitive 'manger' + future endings. No spelling adjustment needed because all future endings start with -a/-e/-o (the infinitive's -er already has the e to soften g).

manger conjugation in the Futur Simple
To Eat	Manger
I will eat	je mangerai
you will eat	tu mangeras
he/she will eat	il/elle/on mangera
we will eat	nous mangerons
you will eat	vous mangerez
they will eat	ils/elles mangeront

Examples

Manger (to eat) in context

Sentences that use manger in the futur. Tap each to hear it.

Ce soir je mangerai au restaurant.

Tonight I will eat at a restaurant.

Tu mangeras avec nous?

Will you eat with us?

Elle mangera quand elle aura faim.

She will eat when she's hungry.

Nous mangerons de la paella dimanche.

We will eat paella Sunday.

Vous mangerez très bien dans ce restaurant.

You will eat very well at this restaurant.

Ils mangeront du gâteau à la fête.

They will eat cake at the party.

Tip

Working with the futur

The futur simple ("je parlerai") describes future actions, predictions, and conjecture about the present. In conversation it competes with the futur proche ("je vais parler" — going-to future), which is more common for near-term plans. Use the futur simple for distant or formal futures ("un jour, je voyagerai en Asie") and for conjecture ("il sera fatigué" = he must be tired). The futur stem is the full infinitive for regular verbs (parler-, finir-, vendr-), with a small set of irregular stems for high-frequency verbs: être → ser-, avoir → aur-, aller → ir-, faire → fer-, savoir → saur-, pouvoir → pourr-, vouloir → voudr-, venir → viendr-, devoir → devr-, voir → verr-.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate manger in the futur?

The futur of manger is regular: je mangerai, tu mangeras, il/elle/on mangera, nous mangerons, vous mangerez, ils/elles mangeront. Full infinitive 'manger' as stem + future endings. No -ger spelling adjustment needed because the 'er' of 'manger' already supplies the soft 'g'.

When do I use 'je mangerai' instead of 'je vais manger'?

Both express future eating. 'Je mangerai' (futur simple) feels slightly more formal. 'Je vais manger' (futur proche) is more conversational for near-term plans — and very common at mealtime: 'je vais manger maintenant' (I'm going to eat now).

Do all -ger verbs follow this regular futur pattern?

Yes — voyager (je voyagerai), nager (je nagerai), changer (je changerai), all -ger verbs use the full infinitive as the future stem without any spelling adjustment. The 'er' of -ger verbs preserves the soft g before the future endings.