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Build near-future sentences with pronouns: je vais le faire
Je vais le faire, on va lui dire, tu vas les appeler: tap the tiles to put pronouns in the right place with the futur proche (aller + infinitive).
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In short
The near future is aller + infinitive: je vais manger. Object pronouns go before the infinitive, not before aller: Je vais le manger. In the negative, ne… pas surrounds aller: Je ne vais pas le manger.
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| Sentence | With pronoun |
|---|---|
| Je vais appeler Marie. | Je vais l'appeler. |
| On va parler au directeur. | On va lui parler. |
| Tu vas acheter les billets ? | Tu vas les acheter ? |
| Je ne vais pas faire la vaisselle. | Je ne vais pas la faire. |
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I'm going to do it tomorrow.
We're going to tell him the truth.
Are you going to call them tonight?
She's going to help us.
I'm not going to watch it.
They're going to go there by car.
We're going to buy two.
Are you going to answer me?
Where does the pronoun go in the near future?
The pronoun belongs to the verb whose object it is, and in je vais le faire the object belongs to faire, not aller. The same rule applies after pouvoir, vouloir, devoir and savoir: je peux le faire, je veux lui parler. Only in compound tenses does the pronoun go before the auxiliary: je l'ai fait.
- Je le vais faire.Je vais le faire.
The pronoun goes before the infinitive.
- Je vais ne pas le faire.Je ne vais pas le faire.
Ne… pas wraps aller.
- On va dire lui.On va lui dire.
Pronoun before the verb.