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24/04/2008, 17:59 Pads Joined on 24/05/2006 Cornwall/ Montage Noir Posts 3,418 Re: Im still not happy with Aller in the future I know we have been through this before but I still not happy I understand why ? I'm bashing my head against my desk at the moment with he future tense. My teacher is teaching it in the form of Je vais attendre where as my books say j'attendrai., I under stand the first means I'm going to wait , the other I shall wait but what is the difference ? I can not find this first version in any of my books , and when would you use one in stead of the other ? Does the first version have another name other than the future tense? Dirty Tom =^..^= Where ever I lay my paw thats my home    Report

24/04/2008, 18:08 Ron Avery Joined on 29/11/2004 Aveyron 12 Posts 3,354 Re: Im still not happy with Aller in the future Pads, you use "aller" in the way that Cathy has already told you in the second post "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. Why not post a sensible answer, people will appreciate it more    Report

24/04/2008, 18:10 Christine Animal Joined on 14/05/2005 Deux-Sèvres Posts 4,367 Re: Im still not happy with Aller in the future 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?   animalaidsaintaubin.monsite.orange.fr/ Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful    Report

24/04/2008, 18:18 Pads Joined on 24/05/2006 Cornwall/ Montage Noir Posts 3,418 Re: Im still not happy with Aller in the future Thankyou Dirty Tom =^..^= Where ever I lay my paw thats my home    Report

24/04/2008, 18:23 Pads Joined on 24/05/2006 Cornwall/ Montage Noir Posts 3,418 Re: Im still not happy with Aller in the future 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 ? Dirty Tom =^..^= Where ever I lay my paw thats my home    Report

24/04/2008, 18:54 Ron Avery Joined on 29/11/2004 Aveyron 12 Posts 3,354 Re: Im still not happy with Aller in the future  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 Why not post a sensible answer, people will appreciate it more    Report

24/04/2008, 20:13 Lisleoise Joined on 15/12/2005 Périgord Vert (NW Dordogne) Posts 932 Re: Im still not happy with Aller in the future 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.    Report

24/04/2008, 20:41 The Riff-Raff Element Joined on 23/08/2004 South Vendée - The Particularly Nice Bit Posts 1,635 Re: Im still not happy with Aller in the future "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 Doust-e hameh kas doust-e hich-kas neest    Report

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