The near future and the future

The near future is aller in the present plus an infinitive: je vais partir, nous allons manger. It is common in speech for plans and things about to happen.

The simple future adds -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont to the infinitive: je parlerai, tu finiras, ils partiront. Verbs in -re drop their e: je prendrai.

Some common verbs have their own stem: être gives ser-, avoir aur-, aller ir-, faire fer-, venir viendr-. With je, the future ends in -ai, not -ais: je serai, not je serais, which is the conditional.