Breakdown of Ils vont se marier le mois prochain.
ils
they (masculine/mixed)
aller
to go
le mois
the month
prochain
next
Questions & Answers about Ils vont se marier le mois prochain.
How do we form the near future in this sentence?
To say what is going to happen, French uses the present tense of the verb aller (to go) followed by the infinitive (the unconjugated form) of the main verb. Here, ils vont (they are going) is combined with the infinitive se marier (to get married) to mean "they are going to get married."
Why does se go between vont and marier?
In the near future structure (aller + infinitive), any pronoun that belongs to the main verb must go right before that infinitive verb. Because the main verb is se marier, the reflexive pronoun se has to stay right next to it. That gives us vont se marier, not se vont marier.
Why use the reflexive verb se marier instead of just marier?
Why is there a le in front of mois prochain?