Some languages have grammatical categories to represent near future, a subcategory of the
future tense.
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Going-to future
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in English may express near future.
*Similarly to English, the French verb (''to go'') can be used as an auxiliary verb to create a near-future tense (''le futur proche''). Whereas English uses the
continuous aspect
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(''to be going''), French uses the
simple present tense; for example, the English sentence "I am going to do it tomorrow" would in French be « Je ''vais'' le ''faire'' demain ». As in English, this form can generally be replaced by the present or future tense: "I am doing it tomorrow", "I shall do it tomorrow", « Je le ''fais'' demain », « Je le ferai demain ».
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Modern Hebrew
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, an action in the near future is expressed by the participle of (halákh, "to go, to walk") followed by the infinitive.
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Chichewa tenses can be divided into present, recent past, remote past, near future, and remote future. The dividing line between near and remote tenses is not exact, however. Remote tenses cannot be used of events of today, but near tenses can be used of events earlier or later than today.
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Mizo language uses conjugational suffixes ''dáwn mék'' for forming near future.
See also
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Crastinal tense
References
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