Language/French/Grammar/Easy-future

Hello everybody!

In french, there are many different tenses but soon you'll be able to speak in future tense easily!

Instead of learning all different terminations to form the future (especially at the begining) we use another technic.

The following technic is often used by natives.

You have to know the conjugation of the verb "aller" in the present tense.

• Je vais (I go)

• Tu vas (You go)

• Elle / il va (She / he / it goes)

• Nous allons (We go)

• Vous allez (You go)

• Elles / ils vont (They go)

Now you only have to follow this pattern.

Subject + "aller" conjugated in present tense + verb at the infinitiv form

Remember:

Negation is around the conjugated verb : je ne vais pas manger (I will not eat) / tu ne vas pas boire (You will not drink).

Questions are formed with the same words : Vas-tu aller au cinéma demain? (Will you go to the theater tomorrow?).

Examples :

• I'll go to the cinéma // Je vais aller au cinéma

• She will not eat this tomato // Elle ne va pas manger cette tomate (and she's right!)

• Will we see it too? // Allons-nous le voir aussi?

Don't forget the infinitiv verb because if not your sentence will be in the present tense.

Don't hesitate to add some time markers in your sentence (like : Tomorrow, next day, next month...)

With this form, you don't have to know all the different conjugations to be able to speak in the future tense.

This future form works 95% of the time.