You already know that in some cases, we can use Présent indicatif 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 eat / They're going to learn.
= I'm going to eat / They're going to learn.
Look at these examples of how to form Futur proche in French:
Notice that Futur proche, which expresses actions in the near future (= I'm going to [do something]), follows this pattern:
Aller in Le Présent + [infinitive of the verb]
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)
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