Les Métiers d'Avenir (Future Professions)

Learning ObjectivesIdentify common jobs in French.Use the near future tense, le futur proche (the near future) [luh foo-TOOR PROSH], to talk about future plans.Ask and answer questions about what someone is going to become.Imagine it's career day at your school! 🧑‍🏫 The teacher asks: « Quand tu seras grand, qu'est-ce que tu vas faire? » (When you're big, what are you going to do?) [kahn too suh-RAH grahn, kess-kuh too vah FAIR?]. You think about all the possibilities... 🧑‍⚕️👩‍🎨👨‍🍳 It's time to learn how to express your ideas for the future!Real-World ApplicationsTalk about your ambitions with your family.Understand what your friends want to do later.Write a short paragraph about your dream job for a school project.

French TermEnglish ExplanationExampleun métier (a job/profession) [uhn may-TYAY]A profession or a job.Mon père a un métier intéressant (My father has an interesting job).un médecin (a doctor) [uhn may-duh-SAN]A person who treats sick people.Le médecin (The doctor) [luh may-duh-SAN] travaille à l'hôpital (works at the hospital). 🏥un professeur (a teacher) [uhn pro-fess-UR]A person who teaches students at school.Mon professeur de français (My French teacher) [mohn pro-fess-UR duh frahn-SAY] est gentil (is nice).un artiste / une artiste (a male artist / a female artist) [uhn ar-TEEST / oon ar-TEEST]A person who creates art, like painting or music.L'artiste (The artist) [lar-TEEST] a peint un beau tableau (painted a beautiful picture). 🎨un cuisinier / une cuisinière (a male cook / a female c...

Le Futur Proche (The Near Future) [luh foo-TOOR PROSH]To talk about something that is going to happen soon or a plan for the future, we use the 'near future' tense. It's very simple! We combine the verb aller (to go) [ah-LAY] in the present tense with another verb in the infinitive (its basic form, like 'manger', 'finir', 'devenir').Rule: Subject + aller (conjugated in the present) + infinitive verbHere are the forms of the verb aller (to go) [ah-LAY] in the present tense:Je vais (I go/am going) [zhuh VAY]Tu vas (You go/are going) [too VAH]Il / Elle / On va (He / She / One goes/is going) [eel / el / ohn VAH]Nous allons (We go/are going) [noo zah-LOHN]Vous allez (You (plural/formal) go/are going) [voo zah-LAY]Ils / Elles vont (They go/are going) [eel / el VOHN]Examples:Je vais devenir (I am...