Italian has no grammatical equivalent to the construction "to be going to do something" – there is no andare fare qualcosa. Instead, you have three options:
Present tense, especially when the time or date is stated
Per esempio…
Sono a casa fra poco.
I’ll be home soon.
Ballo domani.
I’m dancing (I’m going to dance) tomorrow.
Lunedì compriamo una macchina.
On Monday we’re buying (going to buy) a car.
Note that you can use andare un the present tense followed by a + infinitive, but despite appearances, this is not a near future construction. It’s just andare in the present tense and with its normal meaning of "go."
Vado a ballare.
I’m going dancing. I’m going somewhere to dance.
Andiamo a comprare una macchina.
We’re going to buy a car. We’re leaving for the car lot.
If this action does not involve physically moving to another place (e.g., you’re already there and just explaining your plan), you can’t use andare – you need the future tense:
Ballerò.
Comprerò una macchina.
When talking about an imminent action with no specific time/date stated, you can use stare per + infinitive.
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