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Je vais faire un voyage en Espagne.

Je vais faire un voyage en Espagne.
I am going to take a trip to Spain.
From Lesson 69:The near future (aller + infinitive)·French

Questions & Answers about Je vais faire un voyage en Espagne.

How does je vais faire mean 'I am going to take'?
This sentence uses the near future tense to talk about a planned event. You form it by combining the present tense of aller (to go) with an infinitive (unconjugated) verb. Here, we use je vais (I am going) plus faire (to do/make).
Why do we use faire if the English translation says 'take'?
In English, we say we 'take' a trip, but in French, the standard phrase is to 'make' or 'do' a trip. Because of this, you must use faire instead of the French verb for take (prendre).
Why is it en Espagne to say 'to Spain'?
In French, countries have genders. Espagne is feminine because it ends in an 'e'. Whenever you say you are going 'to' or are 'in' a feminine country, you must use the preposition en.
How can I remember if voyage is masculine or feminine?
We can see it is masculine here because it uses the masculine article un. A helpful tip for the future is that most French words ending in -age are masculine.

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