Breakdown of Nous allons planter des fleurs dans le jardin demain.
nous
we
dans
in
le jardin
the garden
aller
to go
Questions & Answers about Nous allons planter des fleurs dans le jardin demain.
Why does French use allons planter here instead of a single future-tense verb?
Nous allons planter is the near future in French: aller + infinitive. It is very common and often corresponds to English we are going to plant.
French could also use the simple future: Nous planterons des fleurs dans le jardin demain. That would also be correct. In everyday speech, though, the near future is extremely common, especially when talking about a planned action.
What form is allons?
Allons is the nous form of the verb aller (to go) in the present tense.
The full present-tense forms are:
- je vais
- tu vas
- il/elle/on va
- nous allons
- vous allez
- ils/elles vont
In this sentence, allons does not literally mean go by itself. Together with planter, it forms the near future: are going to plant.
Why is planter in the infinitive?