répondrai

Répondrai is a French verb form derived from répondre, meaning “to answer.” It represents the future simple (simple future) tense and is used to express an action that will take place later. In standard conjugation, the future stem for répondre is répondr-, and the endings are added as -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont. Therefore the first-person singular form is je répondrai, the second-person singular is tu répondras, the third-person singular is il répondra, and so on for the other persons: nous répondrons, vous répondrez, ils répondront.

In many written and spoken contexts, répondrai is closely linked to the idea of a forthcoming answer, obligation, or plan. Examples include statements like: Quand tu recevras le message, je répondrai rapidement. The form is commonly used in narrative, dialogue, and instructions to indicate a future response by the speaker (je répondrai) or to refer to a future response by another subject when the appropriate pronoun is used (elle répondra, ils répondront, etc.).

Etymology traces répondre to Latin respondere, from re- (back) plus pendere (to weigh) or a related root meaning to assign or to answer; the French form reflects the standard evolution of verb endings in the -dre class. Répondrai is thus part of a regular pattern of French verbs in the future tense, with other related verbs sharing the same stem formation.

See also: répondre, conjugation of verbs in the future tense, Latin origins of French verb forms.