What is the value of Futur Proche in

French?
French Future Proche (near future) is different from Futur Simple. Although they
apparently both express future events, they can also express more subtle ideas. French
conjugation and tenses are always a bit tricky. But once you know how to conjugate a
tense the good thing is you can use it not only to express the tense itself but for a lot of
ideas. That is so useful to know and I will tell you here the different values of Futur
Proche tense in French. Let’s first review how to conjugate the Futur Proche in
French. Pretty easy:
Rule
Futur Proche in French is made using the verb aller at present tense of indicative,
followed by the infinitive of the verb that you want to use.

Example: je vais arriver dans 10 minutes.

Values of Futur Proche in French

With the Futur Proche you can:

 express a fact that is going to happen, immediate speech (ma soeur Louise
va avoir un bébé)
 express an outcome, a consequence (il va certainement pleuvoir)
 give a command (vous allez m’écouter)