You already know that in some cases, we can use Le Présent to express immediate/near future actions in the Continuous Present in English (I'm coming soon) - see Using Le Présent for immediate/near future actions.
However, what we call the Near Future in English (or Futur Proche in French) is actually the following construction: to be going to + [infinitive]
= I'm going to come.
Look at these examples of how to form Le Futur Proche in French:
Je vais aller au cinéma.
I'm going to go to the cinema.
Tu vas lire
You're going to read
Vous allez étudier.
You're going to study.
On va faire quoi, demain?
What are we going to do tomorrow?
Notice that Le Futur Proche, which expresses actions in the near future (= I'm going to [do something]), follows this pattern:
See also Conjugate aller in Le Présent (present tense)
And Conjugate reflexive verbs in Le Futur Proche (aller + infinitive)
Position of negation with two verbs (conjugated + infinitive)
Learn more about these related French grammar topics
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Aurélie
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18/10/16
Quelle est votre question ?
Laura
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23/08/16
Because pâtes is countable in French. Think of it as the equivalent of "noodles." :-)
Teresa
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25/01/17
Dzoan
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23/02/17
Rod
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15 May 2016
2 replies
Peut-on dire, par exemple, « nous allons aller continuer apprendre chanter »?
i.e., stringing as many as four (or more??) infinitives together...
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
17/05/16
Here you need to be aware that some verbs are always followed by prepositions: so "je vais + infinitive", but "continuer à + infinitive" and "apprendre à + infinitive". Also "nous allons aller" sounds very redundant here.
Therefore, the correct sentence would be:
"Nous allons continuer à apprendre à chanter."
A bientôt !
Rod
Kwiziq community member
17/05/16
A great reminder about the prepositions being REQUIRED with certain verbs, even in the infinitive. So very clarifying, and therefore so very helpful.
Je te remercie!
Stephanie
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24 June 2017
2 replies
Is there a way to see what my answers were to see where I went wrong?
Ron
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24 June 2017
24/06/17
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
29 June 2017
29/06/17
When you look at your Correction board, after taking a test, your answer is indicated by a symbol in the "You" column next to the answers.
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !