Question

I'm having trouble differentiating between the future and conditional tenses in French. Any tricks for remembering?

Answer 1

futur proche uses the conjugated form of "aller" and the infinatif of the verb you are wanting.

Answer 2

nop...
The difference between both is small...
the general formation is : verb + ir/er + ...
just remember conditional get the same end as "imparfait" (especially true with plural! )

(1st group) manger - futur: je mangerai conditionnel: je mangeraiS imparfait: je mangeais
(2nd group) finir - futur: je finirai, conditionnel: je finiraiS, imparfait: je finissaiS
(3rd group) partir - futur: je partirai, conditionnel: je partiraiS, imparfait: je partaiS

You can check verbs on this website : http://www.leconjugueur.com/

BTW, I'm french ;)

Answer 3

tu dois conjuguer le conditionnel avec les memes terminaisons que l'imparfait : ais, ais, ait, ions, iez, aient.

Le futur is; ai/as/a/ons/ez/ont

Bonne chance/good luck

Answer 4

Basically only the ending is different. Thats how I remember it.

Future Tense:
The infinitive of the verb(1) plus the avoir ending (present tense)(2).
Eg: Parler - to talk
I will talk
1) Parler
2) ai
=Parlerai
He will talk
1)Parler
2)a
=Parlera

Conditional:
The same as future tense but instead of the ending being the present tense of avoir, its the imperfect tense.
Eg: Parler - to talk
I will talk
1) Parler
2) ais
=Parlerais
He will talk
1)Parler
2)ait
=Parlerait