El futuro con Be Going To es un modo muy común de expresar el futuro en inglés.
Así se forma:
| Afirmativo | Interrogativo | Negativo |
| I am going to leave. I’m going to leave. |
Am I going to leave? | I am not going to leave. I’m not going to leave. |
| You are going to leave. You’re going to leave. |
Are you going to leave? | You are not going to leave. You aren’t going to leave. You’re not going to leave. |
| He is going to leave. He’s going to leave. |
Is he going to leave? | He is not going to leave. He’s not going to leave. He isn’t going to leave. |
| She is going to leave. She’s going to leave. |
Is she going to leave? | She is not going to leave. She’s not going to leave. She isn’t going to leave. |
| It is going to leave. It’s going to leave. |
Is it going to leave? | It is not going to leave. It’s not going to leave. It isn’t going to leave. |
| We are going to leave. We’re going to leave. |
Are we going to leave? | We are not going to leave. We’re not going to leave. We aren’t going to leave. |
| You are going to leave. You’re going to leave. |
Are you going to leave? | You are not going to leave. You aren’t going to leave. You’re not going to leave. |
| They are going to leave. They’re going to leave. |
Are they going to leave? | They are not going to leave. They’re not going to leave. They aren’t going to leave. |
El futuro con be going to puede expresar el significado de “estar por”, “tener la intención de”… o bien se usa para expresar cualquier cosa que sucederá o que está en planes de hacerse.
Aforismos con be going to
America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid,it is not going to be a success.
América es el más grandioso experimento que el mundo ha visto, pero me temo que no va a tener éxito.
Sigmund Freud
The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.
Lo único que las personas en verdad tienen en común es que todas van a morir.
Bob Dylan
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?
¿A quién le vas a creer? ¿a mí? ¿o a tus propios ojos?
Groucho Marx
All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.
Todas nuestras decisiones finales son hechas en un estado mental que no va a durar.
Marcel Proust
Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, “I’m going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that’s tough. I am going to snow anyway.”
La naturaleza no tiene nada de piedad. La naturaleza dice: “voy a nevar. Si traes puesto un bikini y no zapatos de nieve, será duro. Voy a nevar de cualquier forma.”
Maya Angelou