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 24/04/2008, 18:08
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Ron Avery
Joined on 29/11/2004
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Re: Im still not happy with Aller in the future
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Pads, you use "aller" in the way that Cathy has already told you in the second post![Cry Out [:'(]](/cs/images/emotions/cry.gif)
"It can be used to speak about the immediate future, as in English. You use the present tense of aller and the infinitive of the verb that follows."
As in "after I finish this letter, I am going to eat"
I'm sure you have been told this before but using aller is called the futur proche. If its something that you are going to do say tomorrow or next month, then you use the future tense.
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24/04/2008, 18:10
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Christine Animal
 
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Re: Im still not happy with Aller in the future
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J'attendrai is the future of the verb attendre (I shall wait)
Je vais attendre is I'm going to wait.
Is that clearer Pads?
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24/04/2008, 18:18
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Pads
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Re: Im still not happy with Aller in the future
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Thankyou
Dirty Tom =^..^=
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24/04/2008, 18:23
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Pads
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Re: Im still not happy with Aller in the future
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So I only use I going to do some thing (if im talking about today ) , but if its tomorrow or after I use the future tense ? seems abit pointless to me ?
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24/04/2008, 18:54
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Ron Avery
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Re: Im still not happy with Aller in the future
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 Pads wrote: | | So I only use I going to do some thing (if im talking about today ) , but if its tomorrow or after I use the future tense ? YES
seems abit pointless to me ? You will find a lot of that in French but that's the way it is![Blink [blink]](/cs/images/emotions/blink.gif)
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24/04/2008, 20:13
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Lisleoise
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Re: Im still not happy with Aller in the future
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Instead of 'shall' I find it easier to think of 'will' with the future tense (who uses 'shall' these days?).
J'irai au cinema la semaine prochaine = I will go to the cinema next week.
Je vais au cinema demain = I'm going to the cinema tomorrow.
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24/04/2008, 20:41
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The Riff-Raff Element
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Re: Im still not happy with Aller in the future
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"who uses 'shall' these days?".
Well, I do. I don't think I'm the only person. Surely. It has some very useful nuances, so I'd hate to see it disappear.
Aller, as I understand, is used in French as an auxilary verb as go is in English. Pouvoir (can), vouloir (want) and devoir (must) can work the same way. So: je veux aller - I want to go; je peux aller - I can go and so on. They all imply a future event, I think, but in English we don't have a "proper" future tense equivalent to that in French. Hence the occaisional confussion. It was explained to me that if one has a definate time frame in the near future in mind, go with aller plus infinitive, if it is a bit more hazy or distant, use the future.
Jon
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