The future with 'going to'
The near future is used in French to describe an action which is
going to develop immediately.
With this future there is the sense of immediacy.
| Je jouerai au tennis |
I will play tennis (It
is not indicated when this action will take palce, it is not necessarily
immediate) |
| |
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| Je vais jouer au tennis |
I am going to play tennis (the
action is going to develop immediately) |
This tense is constructed with the verb "aller" functioning
as the auxiliary verb, followed by the infinitive of the main verb:
| |
aller |
jouer |
| Je |
vais |
jouer |
| Tu |
vas |
jouer |
| Il / elle |
va |
jouer |
| Nous |
allons |
jouer |
| Vous |
allez |
jouer |
| Ils / elles |
vont |
jouer |
The negative form is constructed by placing the negative particle
"ne" in front of the auxiliary and "pas" afterwards:
| Je ne vais pas manger |
I am not going to eat |
| Il ne va pas étudier |
He is not going to study |
| Nous n'allons pas répondre |
We are not going to respond |
To make a question, you start with the auxiliary verb followed by
the subject and then the infinitive of the main verb:
| Vas-tu lire ? |
Are you going to read? |
| Allez-vous faire des exercices
? |
Are you going to do the exercises?
|
| Vont-ils chanter ? |
Are they going to sing? |
VOCABULARY
les maladies
| A cold |
Rhume (m) |
Pneumonia |
Pneumonie (f) |
| The flu |
Grippe (f) |
Antibiotics |
Antibiotique (m) |
| Fever |
Fièvre (f) |
Pain killer |
Analgésique (adj) |
| Vomit |
Vomissement (m) |
Rest |
Repos (m) |
| Diarrhea |
Diarrhée (f) |
Leprosy |
Lèpre (f) |
| Soar throat |
Angine (f) |
Pain |
Douleur (f) |
| Cancer |
Cancer (m) |
Exhaustion |
Épuisement (m) |
| Heart attack |
Infarctus (m) |
Analysis |
Analyse (f) |
| Anemia |
Anémie (f) |
Leukemia |
Leucémie (f) |
| Medicine |
Médicine (f) |
Syrup |
Sirop (m) |
| Thermometer |
Thermomètre (m) |
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