Le Futur Proche in French

Le Future Proche in French is used as a part of future actions that is going to take place by a person, place or thing! In order to use the future proche, one must use the aller in the present tense plus an infinitive so that the sentence can be constructed! First, let's look at the congutated verb aller in the present tense below!


Aller- to go

Je vais - I go

Tu vas - You go

Il va - He goes

Elle va - She goes

Nous allons - We go

Vous allez - You go

Ils vont - They go

Elles vont - They go



Having spoken earlier, the way to use the future proche is to use the verb aller in the present tense + infinitive(the other verb)! Let's look at example I used with a group of persons!


Example I.

Nous allons manger au restuarant.

We are going to eat at the resturant.

Note in the French sentence:First, Nous is a group of persons! Second,(allons) is the conjugated present tense of the verb ( aller)! Third, the other verb (manger) is an infinitive!


Example II.

(La radio) va tomber de la table!

The radio is going to fall from the table!


Note in the French sentence: (La radio) is a thing! Second, (va ) is the conjugated present tense of the verb aller! Third,the other verb( tomber) is the infinitive!


Example III.

La ville de Paris va être très grande l'année prochaine!

The city of Paris is going to be very big next year!


Note in the french sentence: (La ville de Paris) is a place! (Va) is the conjugated present tense of the verb aller! Third, the other verb is (être) is an infinitive.


Example IV.

Je vais conduire au stade ce week-end.

I am going to drive at the stadium this weekend!


Note in the french sentence: First,(Je) is a person, we don't know if it's a he or she! Second, (vais) is the conjugated present tense of the verb aller ! Third, the other verb ( conduire) is the infinitive!