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Vous voudrez explorer l'univers.

Vous voudrez explorer l'univers.
You will want to explore the universe.
From Lesson 137:Irregular future stems (ser-, aur-, ir-...)·French

Questions & Answers about Vous voudrez explorer l'univers.

Why is the verb voudrez instead of a regular future form like "vouloirez"?
Vouloir (to want) has an irregular stem in the futur simple. Instead of using the full infinitive as a base, you must memorize and use the special stem voudr-, and then add the normal future ending for vous, which is -ez.
This looks a lot like je voudrais (I would like). Are they related?
Yes! Both use the exact same irregular stem, voudr-. However, je voudrais is the conditional tense (used for polite requests), while vous voudrez is the futur simple (meaning "you will want"). You can tell it is the future tense here because it uses the standard future ending -ez instead of a conditional ending.
Why is explorer left in its infinitive form rather than being conjugated?
When two verbs are used back-to-back in French, the second verb almost always stays in the infinitive (the un-conjugated dictionary form). Here, the conjugated verb voudrez is followed directly by the infinitive explorer (to explore).
Why is it l'univers instead of le univers?
Univers is a masculine noun that starts with a vowel sound. In French, when the words le or la come right before a vowel, the e or a is dropped and replaced with an apostrophe. This makes the phrase flow smoothly without two vowel sounds bumping into each other.

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