Future Tense
French: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 4.7.1
The immediate future
The immediate future refers to what you are going to do very soon.
Immediate future
- The immediate future is expressed in English as 'I am going to...'
- This is expressed in the same way in French.
- There are two steps involved in forming the immediate future:
- present tense of 'aller' + infinitive
Aller: je, tu, il, elle, on
- je vais → I am going to
- tu vas → you are going to (singular)
- il/elle/on va → he/she/it is going to
Aller: nous, vous, ils, elles
- nous allons → we are going to
- vous allez → you are going to (plural)
- ils/elles vont → they are going to
'Aller' + infinitive (1/2)
- je vais regarder → I am going to watch
- tu vas regarder → you are going to watch (singular)
- il/elle/on va regarder → he/she/it is going to watch
'Aller' + infinitive (2/2)
- nous allons regarder → we are going to watch
- vous allez regarder → you are going to watch (plural)
- ils/elles vont regarder → they are going to watch
Test yourself on Future Tense
How do you say 'we are going to be' in French?