pêcherai

pêcherai is the first-person singular form of the French verb pêcher in the future simple tense, meaning “I will fish.” It is used to express an intention or plan to fish in the future, or to make a prediction about an upcoming action.

Etymology and form: pêcher comes from the Latin piscāre, through Old French pescher or pêcher, and belongs to the regular -er verb class in French. The future simple is formed by adding the endings to the infinitive, yielding pêcherai for the first person singular. The spelling includes the circumflex on the e of the stem, reflecting the historical vowel quality of pêch-.

Grammar and usage: In a sentence, pêcherai typically appears with a subject pronoun, as in Je pêcherai demain au lac. The negative form is Je ne pêcherai pas. The verb can be replaced by near equivalents such as aller + infinitive (je vais pêcher) for a near future or by the conditional for hypothetical situations (je pêcherais si…).

Distinctions: pêcherai should not be confused with pécherai or pécher, which relate to sin rather than fishing in standard French. The noun pêche refers to fishing or the act of catching fish, and the fruit peach is spelled pêche in modern French, but is etymologically separate.

See also: pêcher (to fish) versus pécher (to sin); pêche (fishing, or the fruit in its own noun sense); other future forms of -er verbs.