Breakdown of Nous aurons un village sur Mars dans un avenir lointain.
un
a / an (masculine)
sur
on
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
avoir
to have
Questions & Answers about Nous aurons un village sur Mars dans un avenir lointain.
Why is the verb "aurons" instead of a regular future tense form like "avoirons"?
Aurons is the futur simple (future tense) of the verb avoir (to have). While most verbs form the future tense by adding endings directly to the infinitive, avoir uses a highly irregular future stem: aur-. To say "we will have," you just take that irregular stem and add the standard nous future ending -ons to get aurons.
Do we always use "sur" for planets like Mars?
What is the difference between "un avenir" and "un futur"?
While both mean "a future," they are used a bit differently in French. Le futur generally refers to the scientific concept of time or the grammatical tense. L'avenir usually refers to what lies ahead for humanity, a project, or a person's destiny. The phrase dans un avenir lointain is the natural, common way to say "in a distant future" when talking about human events or progress.
Why does the adjective "lointain" come after the noun "avenir"?