Je vais à Paris demain. Nous allons manger au restaurant ce soir. Ils vont travailler tôt. Tu vas venir avec nous ? Elle va chez le médecin cet après-midi.
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GrammarA1allerfutur proche
aller + futur proche
Le verbe aller et le futur proche
A1fr23 min
What you'll learn
- Conjugate aller
- Talk about the near future
- Say where I'm going
Tips for this lesson
- aller is irregular — je vais, not je 'alle'.
- The second verb after aller always stays in the infinitive: je vais manger, not je vais mange.
- No 'à' before the infinitive — 'going to eat' is just je vais manger.
Step 1 of 6
1Reading
In context
Read. Notice aller + infinitive expresses something about to happen — like English 'going to'.
Step 2 of 6
2The pattern
The pattern — aller and the near future
aller is irregular — learn the six forms. Then use aller + infinitive to talk about the near future.
aller (to go) is one of the most irregular French verbs — its forms don't look like the infinitive at all, so just memorise them. Once you know aller, you unlock the futur proche (near future): aller (conjugated) + infinitive = "going to [do something]". This is the easiest way to talk about the future in French — much simpler than the full future tense you'll learn later. The key rule: the second verb always stays in the infinitive, and there's no extra word for "to" — "je vais manger" is complete, don't add à.
| Pronoun | aller | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | vais | I go / am going |
| tu | vas | you go |
| il / elle / on | va | he/she/one goes |
| nous | allons | we go |
| vous | allez | you go |
| ils / elles | vont | they go |
Je vais manger.
I'm going to eat.
aller (conjugated) + infinitive — the formula for futur proche.
Nous allons voyager en France.
We're going to travel to France.
Ils vont arriver bientôt.
They're going to arrive soon.
Je vais à Paris.
I'm going to Paris.
aller + place uses à/en/chez — full lesson at A1-12.
Erreurs fréquentes
- Je vais mange.Je vais manger.
The second verb NEVER conjugates — it always stays in the infinitive (-er/-ir/-re form).
- Je vais à manger.Je vais manger.
English says 'going TO eat' — French has no extra word here. aller + infinitive is complete on its own.
- Je alle à Paris.Je vais à Paris.
aller is irregular — its stem doesn't come from the infinitive the way regular -er verbs do.
Exceptions & à retenir
aller + place needs the right preposition
à + city (à Paris), en + feminine country (en France), au + masculine country (au Japon), chez + person (chez le médecin). Full lesson at A1-12 — for now, notice the pattern.
aller also means 'to feel' in fixed expressions
Comment ça va ? / Ça va bien — aller is used idiomatically for wellbeing, unrelated to movement or the future.
The negative sandwich wraps aller, not the infinitive
Je ne vais pas manger (correct) — not je vais ne pas manger. Only the conjugated verb (aller) goes inside ne...pas.
Astuces & mémo
- Chant it: vais, vas, va, allons, allez, vont — six totally different-sounding forms, just memorise them like être.
- The futur proche formula never changes: aller + infinitive. Once you know the six aller forms, you can express the future for ANY verb.
- To negate: ne + aller + pas + infinitive — je ne vais pas manger (the sandwich wraps around aller only).
Step 3 of 6
3Q&A drill
Match the aller form
Match each pronoun to its form of aller.
- Q1jeA____________
- Q2tuA____________
- Q3il, elle, onA____________
- Q4nousA____________
- Q5vousA____________
- Q6ils, ellesA____________
Step 4 of 6
4Fill the blanks
Guided practice — futur proche
Complete with the correct form of aller + the infinitive shown.
Example
Je (1) (manger) au restaurant.
→ Je vais manger au restaurant.
Exercice
Tu (1) (venir) avec nous ?
Exercice
Nous (2) (voyager) demain.
Exercice
Ils (3) (travailler) tôt.
Answer pool — drag onto a blank (or tap to fill the next one)
Next empty blank: 1
Step 5 of 6
5Word order
Build the sentence
Put the words in the correct order.
Example
vaisjemanger→Je vais manger.
- Sentence 1Tap the words below to build the sentence.
- Sentence 2Tap the words below to build the sentence.
- Sentence 3Tap the words below to build the sentence.
- Sentence 4Tap the words below to build the sentence.
Step 6 of 6
6Speak freely
Produce it
Say three things you're going to do this weekend and where you're going, using aller + infinitive.
Ex.Ce week-end, je vais voyager à Nice. Je vais manger dans un bon restaurant et je vais me reposer.
- 1.Qu'est-ce que vous allez faire ce week-end ?
- 2.Où allez-vous cette semaine ?
- 3.Qu'est-ce que vos amis vont faire ?