Je vais scanner la copie ce soir et te l’envoyer par courriel.

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Breakdown of Je vais scanner la copie ce soir et te l’envoyer par courriel.

• et: and
• aller: to go
• te: you

Questions & Answers about Je vais scanner la copie ce soir et te l’envoyer par courriel.

Why does je vais scanner mean a future action, even though vais literally means go?

In French, aller + infinitive is a very common way to talk about the near future.

So:

• je vais scanner = I’m going to scan
• je vais envoyer = I’m going to send

It works much like English to be going to + verb.

This form is often called the near future or futur proche. It is especially common in everyday speech. In this sentence, it suggests a planned action for later today: ce soir.

French could also use the simple future:

• Je scannerai la copie ce soir et te l’enverrai par courriel.

That is also correct, but je vais... sounds very natural and conversational.

Is scanner really a French verb?