Futur immédiat. Nearest future tense

So, this time nearest future tense is the object of our discussion. This tense is passionately loved by the French in colloquial speech. Futur immédiat is a compound tense and is formed with the help of the verb aller in the present tense and the semantic verb in the infinitive. This tense Indicates an action in the nearest future and is translated into English as "now" (soon, just about). In colloquial speech, this tense often replaces Futur Simple.

And voilà examples of conjugation of verbs in the nearest future:

partir — to leave	finir — to finish	s’habiller — to get dressed
je vais partir —	je vais finir —	je vais m’habiller —
tu vas partir —	tu vas finir —	tu vas t’habiller —
il va partir —	il va finir —	il va s’habiller —
elle va partir —	elle va finir —	elle va s’habiller —
nous allons partir —	nous allons finir —	nous allons nous habiller —
vous allez partir —	vous allez finir —	vous allez vous habiller —
ils vont partir —	ils vont finir —	ils vont s’habiller —
elles vont partir —	elles vont finir —	elles vont s’habiller —

As you can see, it is unlikely to have problems with this tense - everything is easy. It is enough only to learn the conjugations of the verb aller in Présent.

Attends-moi, je vais sortir. - Wait for me, I'll be right out.

Mes parents vont arriver. Nous devons mettre de l'ordre dans l'appartement. - My parents are coming. We must clean up the apartment.

Que donc faire? Que donc faire? Ils vont le tuer. - What to do? What to do? They'll kill him now.

Gérard va terminer ses études à la Sorbonne. - Gerard will soon finish his studies at the Sorbonne.

 

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