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Grammar
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Français — Near future: aller + infinitive
The near future (futur proche) expresses an action about to happen or already planned. It uses the present tense of aller followed by an infinitive: Je vais partir.
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How it works
✓ Rule
Take aller in the present and add the infinitive of the main verb: Je vais manger, Nous allons partir. For the negative, wrap ne … pas around the conjugated aller: Je ne vais pas manger. An object pronoun goes right before the infinitive: Je vais le faire, Je ne vais pas le faire.
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Examples
| Person | Form | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| je | je vais parler | I'm going to speak |
| tu | tu vas partir | you're going to leave |
| il / elle | elle va manger | she's going to eat |
| nous | nous allons sortir | we're going to go out |
| vous | vous allez venir | you're going to come |
| ils / elles | ils vont dormir | they're going to sleep |
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Good to know
⚠ Note
Do not put the pronoun before aller: say Je vais le voir, not Je le vais voir. Compared with the futur simple (je partirai), the futur proche feels nearer, more certain and more spoken, while the futur simple sounds more distant or formal.