Near Future Tense
Le futur Proche
In French there are two tenses for the future tense, just like in English you can say « i’m going to go » and « i will go » they both express a notion of future.
Futur proche is like « I am going to do something ».
The structure :
| ALLER (present tense) + a verb (infinitive) |
☞ Je vais étudier. I am going to study.
In a negative sentence :
The first verb of the two always gets the negation. (Note that the same thing happens in English)
☞ Je ne vais pas sortir. I am not going to go out.
Note: In French there is a rule that says that when there are two verbs in a row, the second one is always infinitive.
☞ Je vais travailler. I am going to work.
☞ Paul aime cuisiner. Paul likes to cook
☞ Sophie ne veut pas rester à la maison. Sophie doesn’t want to stay home.
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