recevrai

Recevrai is the first-person singular form of the French verb recevoir in the futur simple tense, meaning “I will receive.” It is used to express a future action in which the speaker will obtain or be given something, or more broadly to indicate what will happen to the object or person of reception.

Formation and paradigm: The future stem for recevoir is recevr-. This stem takes the standard futur simple endings: -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont. The full paradigm for this verb in the futur simple is: je recevrai, tu recevras, il recevra, nous recevrons, vous recevrez, ils recevront. The form recevrai specifically corresponds to the first-person singular.

Usage notes: Recevrai appears in both concrete contexts (receiving a package, news, a guest) and figurative ones (receiving support or praise, receiving an offer). It is used in formal writing and everyday speech alike, wherever a future action of receiving is being discussed. In discourse, it often accompanies time-adverbials such as demain, bientôt, ou lorsque, to situate the event in the future.

Examples:

- Je recevrai le colis demain. (I will receive the package tomorrow.)

- Si tout va bien, j’en recevrai une réponse bientôt. (If everything goes well, I will receive a response soon.)

Etymology: Recevoir comes from Old French recevoir, itself from Latin recipere, meaning to take back or to take in. The futur simple form recevrai reflects the historical development of the verb’s stem to recevr- before the standard endings.

See also: recevoir, futur simple, conjugation patterns of irregular verbs in French.