Breakdown of Le camion sera parti avec le charbon.
être
to be
avec
with
partir
to leave / to depart
le camion
the truck
Questions & Answers about Le camion sera parti avec le charbon.
Why is it sera parti and not aura parti?
In the futur antérieur (future perfect), just like in the passé composé, you have to choose between avoir and ètre as your helper (auxiliary) verb. Because partir (to leave) is one of the 'Dr. & Mrs. Vandertramp' verbs (verbs of motion or change of state), it requires ètre. So, you use the future tense of ètre (sera) instead of avoir.
If the subject was feminine, like la voiture (the car), would parti change?
Yes! Because partir uses ètre as its auxiliary verb, the past participle must agree with the subject in gender and number. If the subject were la voiture, the sentence would be La voiture sera partie avec le charbon (adding an -e for feminine singular). Since le camion is masculine singular, parti has no extra ending.
When exactly do we use the futur antérieur like sera parti?
You use the futur antérieur to talk about an action that will be completed before a certain point in the future. Here, it means that at some future time we are thinking about, the truck's departure will already be a finished event. It translates perfectly to the English future perfect: 'will have left'.
Is le charbon used for barbecue charcoal as well?