7-1 The verb aller -bullet points

Note;

• aller is irregular.
• Only the nous and the vous forms resemble the infinitive.

le future proche the immediate future;

• aller cant be used with another verb to tell what is going to happen.
• this construction is called le future proche
• you conjugate aller in the present tense form and then place the other verb's infinitive form right after it.
• Nous allons déjeuner sur la terrasse. We're going to eat lunch on the terrace.

Negation of an le futur proche expression;

• place ne/n' before the conjugated form of aller and pas after it
• Je ne vais pas faire mes devoirs. I'm not going to do my homework.

Also, Note;

• This construction (le futur proche) can be used with itself/the infinitive of aller to mean to go to (somewhere)
• Elle va aller à la piscine.