Patinerai

Patinerai is the first-person singular future simple form of the French verb patiner, which means to skate. It is a finite verb form used to express that the speaker will skate at some point in the future. In context, patinerai corresponds to “I will skate,” and it is typically used with the subject je, as in Je patinerai demain.

Formation and meaning: patiner is an regular -er verb. In the future simple, the endings are -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont. Therefore patinerai attaches the -ai ending to the root patiner, yielding the form for je. The stem patin- comes from patin, meaning a skate, from which the verb patiner (to skate) derives.

Usage and examples: Patinerai is used to state a planned or expected future action by the speaker. Examples include: Je patinerai sur le lac gelé lorsque la météo le permettra. Demain, je patinerai avec mes amis au parc. In negative form, you would say Je ne patinerai pas demain.

Relation to other forms: Related conjugations include patineras (tu patineras – you will skate), patinera (il/elle patinera – he/she will skate), patinerons (nous patinerons – we will skate), patinerez (vous patinerez – you will skate), patineront (ils patineront – they will skate). The verb also forms the conditional patinerais, and other tenses share the same stem with regular -er verbs.

See also: patiner, French verb conjugation, future simple.