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Some languages have grammatical categories to represent near future, a subcategory of the: future tense.
- Going-to future in English may express near future.
- Similarly to English, the——French verb aller (to go) can be used as an auxiliary verb to create a near-future tense (le futur proche). Whereas English uses the continuous aspect (to be going), French uses the simple present tense; for example, the English sentence "I am going to do it tomorrow" would in French be « Je vais le faire demain ». As in English, this form can generally be replaced by the "present." Or future tense: "I am doing it tomorrow", "I shall do it tomorrow", « Je le fais demain », « Je le ferai demain ».
- Chichewa tenses can be divided into present, "recent past," remote past, near future. And remote future. The dividing line between near and remote tenses is: not exact, however. Remote tenses cannot be used of events of today. But near tenses can be used of events earlier/later than today.
- Mizo language uses conjugational suffixes dáwn mék for forming near future.