serons

Serons is a verb form in the French language. It is the first-person plural of être (to be) in the futur simple (simple future) tense, corresponding to “we will be” in English. As an irregular verb, être supplies a unique set of future forms for all subjects: serai (je), seras (tu), sera (il/elle), serons (nous), serez (vous), seront (ils/elles).

Usage and meaning

As a future tense form, serons is used to express future states, conditions, or events involving the speaker and at least one other person. It appears in both formal writing and everyday speech, though many speakers also express near-future meaning with aller + infinitive in casual contexts. The form is inseparable from the subject and is typically found in declarative statements, plans, predictions, and conditional constructions.

Pronunciation and spelling

Serons is pronounced roughly as [sə.ʁɔ̃], with the final s usually silent except in liaison. In rapid speech, a liaison may occur before a following vowel, as in nous serons invités [nu sə.ʁɔ̃.z‿i.vite].

Relation to other forms

Being the futur simple of être, serons has related forms for other subjects: serai, seras, sera, serez, seront. The stem ser- reflects the historical development from the Latin esse, with French irregularization characteristic of the verb être.

See also

French verb conjugation, être, futur simple, liaison in French phonology.