Modal Verbs and the Near Future

With the modal verbs pouvoir (can), vouloir (to want) and devoir (must), you say what you can, want or must do. A modal verb is always followed by another verb in the infinitive (the dictionary form): je peux venir, tu veux manger, nous devons partir.

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Le futur proche — the near future

To say what is about to happen, French uses aller (to go) + infinitive — literally "I am going to … do". There is no new tense to learn: je vais faire, tu vas partir, ils vont arriver.

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