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Futur Proche in French

Usage of Near Future

This tense is used to speak about something happening in the very near future, as an alternative to either the future anterior (le futur antérieur) or the simple future (le futur simple).

Formation of the Near Future

This tense uses a combination of the verb to go (aller) in its present indicative form appropriate to the subject followed by the infinitive of the verb that will be done.

Je vais faire du shopping. I will go shopping, I am going shopping. (I am going to do the shopping.)

Nous allons jouer au foot. We will play football.

Tenses and moods

Concepts :	Present participle · Past participle · Gérondif · Infinitive · Past infinitive · Auxiliary verb · Perfect tenses
Indicative mood :	Simple tenses (Present · Imperfect · Past historic · Future) · Perfect tenses (Present perfect · Pluperfect · Past anterior · Future anterior) · Other tenses (Recent past · Near future)
Subjunctive mood :	Present · Imperfect · Past · Pluperfect
Imperative mood :	Present · Past
Conditional mood :	Present · Past · Second form of the past

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