Le Futur Proche (Indicatif)

French Near Future

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-03-25

Le futur proche is used to express actions that are going to happen in the near future.

In English, the near future is composed of ''to be going to'' + verb, while in French le futur proche uses aller + infinitive.

For example

On va faire quoi, demain?What are we going to do tomorrow?

Tu vas lireYou're going to read

See also: French future and All French tenses

Lessons with more detail on Le Futur Proche (Indicatif)

Conjugate verbs in the near future in French using aller + infinitive (Le Futur Proche)
Conjugate reflexive verbs in the near future in French using aller + infinitive (Le Futur Proche)
J'allais + [infinitive] to express the near future (Le Futur Proche) in the imperfect in French
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