future endings

The future with ‘aller’ =
The Near Future
Remember you can talk about the near future using ‘aller’ + infinitive
Je vais
Tu vas
Il va / Elle va
Nous allons
Vous allez
Ils vont / Elles vont
Exemples:
Je vais travailler en France
Tu vas sortir ce soir
Remember – the infinitive ends in “er”, it does not end in “é”!
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Other (implied) near future
expressions:
The same also works with verbs like:
penser + infinitive
Je pense aller à la fac après le lycée.
espérer + infinitive
J’espère me marier jeune.
compter + infinitive
Dans 5 ans, je compte avoir un bon travail.
vouloir + infinitive
Je veux sortir demain.

You have already met a way to talk about the future
–using aller + infinitive.
Another way to talk about the future is to use the
futur simple (aka, the future tense).

Grammar: Talking about the future 1
- Use the future tense to describe a more distant, but definite future. I
WILL...
This is easy to form:
1 Take the infinitive jouer.
2 Add the future endings.
Ils / elles joueront
Vous jouerez
Nous jouerons
Il / elle jouera
Tu joueras
Je jouerai I will play
You will play
He / she will play
We will play
You will play
They will play
You may notice that some
of the future tense endings
are identical to the present
tense of the verb avoir.
Use this to help you
remember them!