To negate the futur proche, place 

ne ... pas around the

conjugated form of aller: Je ne vais pas nager. (I am not
Le futur proche going to swim). 

The futur proche is called the ‘near future’ in English, close Corey: Je vais Corey: I am going
in meaning to ‘going to + infinitive’. It is used to describe aller à Barton to go to Barton
actions that will happen very soon.  Springs. J'adore Springs. I love
l'eau. Je vais nager.   water. I am going
Rentrez vite ! Il va pleuvoir ! Come back quickly! It’s Tu viens avec moi, to swim. Are you
going to rain! Bette? coming with me,
Bette?
Bette: Tu es fou! Il Bette: Are you
Attention, tu vas tomber ! Watch out, you’re going to fall!
fait trop froid! crazy? It is too
 
Je nevais pas nager! cold! I am not
It is also used for upcoming events that will occur in the
going to swim!
near or not-so-near future.

Je vais rester à Paris pendant trois ou quatre ans. I’m

going to stay in Paris for three or four years. uses 
The futur proche is used to refer to most future events in
informal conversation. For details on usage see future:
Allez-vous revenir un jour à Montréal ? Are you going to usage. 
come back to Montreal one day?

We use the present tense form

of aller CONJUGAISON + infinitive of the main verb. Corey: Tex!   Corey: Tex!
Tammy! Tammy! We are
Here’s the construction for nager (to swim): Nous allons aller à going to go to
je vais nager Barton Springs. Barton Springs.
tu vas nager Bette: Mais il y a de   Bette: But there are
il/elle/on va nager gros nuages gris, big gray clouds. It's
nous allons nager il va pleuvoir. going to rain.
vous allez nager
ils/elles vont nager Corey: Chouette!   Corey: Great! I am
Je vais nager sous going to swim in
formation  la pluie. the rain.

There are two future tenses in French, the simple

aller in the imperfect + infinitive 
future and the near future (le futur proche). The futur
The construction aller + infinitive is also found with the
proche is usually translated into English as going +
verb aller in the imperfect (l'imparfait) to indicate what
infinitive (e.g., going to eat, going to drink, going to talk).
someone was going to do. For example: 
The futur proche is characteristic of spoken French but
may be used in informal writing. It is formed with the
verb aller (to go) conjugated in the present tense followed
by an infinitive.  Les   The friends were
copains allaient going to leave for
partir pour Barton Barton Springs,
Springs, quand ils when they saw
nager  'to swim' ont vu un éclair. lightening.
Bette: Corey, tu vas   Bette: Corey, you
je vais nager, I am nous allons nager,
te faire are going to get
going to swim we are going to
électrocuter! Moi, yourself
swim
je vais faire du electrocuted! I'm
tu vas nager, you vous allez nager, shopping. Qui va going to do some
are going to swim you are going to veniravec moi? shopping. Who's
swim going to come with
me?
il, elle / on va nager, ils / elles vont
he, she (it) / one is nager, they are
going to swim going to swim