I've got good news for you: if you don't like the simple future tense, there's another, much easier. What's more, it's the one the French almost always use when speaking in the future tense. Let's get started!
The easy future tense
The near future is used to talk about an event taking place on the same day or in the near future. It has taken the place of the simple future in people's hearts. How does it work? You take the verb "aller" and conjugate it in the present tense, then add a second verb in the infinitive just after it. You don't need a conjugation, you don't need a preposition. So really, the only thing you need to know is how to conjugate the verb aller in the present tense.
Let's go over it together, just in case
"Je vais, tu vas, il/elle/on va, nous allons, vous allez, ils/elles vont"
A few examples before we finish
"Ce weekend, je vais voir un film au cinéma!"
"Le mois prochain, je ne vais pas prendre de vacances" / "ne... pas" on either side of the verb ""aller before and after. You can choose not to use the "ne", but don't forget the "pas", it's compulsory!
As for pronunciation, there's the classic version and the spoken version
"Je vais manger une bonne ratatouille ce soir"
"chvais manger une bonne ratatouille ce soir" / "je" becomes a kind of "ch"
So much for the near future. Nothing too complicated, but very useful in everyday life.
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