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French Conjugation

The Irregular Verb Aller (Present Tense)

The highly frequent irregular verb meaning “to go”, used for movement and future constructions.

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Lesson Summary

The highly frequent irregular verb meaning “to go”, used for movement and future constructions.

Conjugation

The Verb of Movement

Aller (to go) is one of the most important irregular verbs. It expresses physical movement and later serves to build the near future (je vais manger). Its forms are irregular and must be memorised. For the subject pronouns used in the table, see subject pronouns.

Conjugation of Aller

Subject	Form	Example
je	vais	Je vais à la bibliothèque.
tu	vas	Tu vas au cinéma ?
il / elle / on	va	Il va à Paris.
nous	allons	Nous allons à la cafétéria.
vous	allez	Vous allez à la faculté ?
ils / elles	vont	Ils vont au restaurant.

Prepositions of Destination

Aller is followed by a place expression. The preposition à contracts with the definite article:
- à + city → à Paris (Je vais à Paris.)
- à + le → au (Je vais au cinéma.)
- à + la → à la (Je vais à la poste.)
- à + l' → à l' (Je vais à l'école.)
- à + les → aux (Je vais aux États-Unis.)
For the full article system, see definite articles.

Aller in Daily Contexts

The verb combines with time expressions to describe routines: Le matin, je vais à la faculté. Le samedi, nous allons au cinéma. In Léa’s postcard: Demain, je vais à la tour Eiffel. (see carte postale de Paris).

Examples

Je vais à la bibliothèque le mercredi.
Regular destination with à la.
Tu vas au cours de biologie ?
au = à + le before a masculine singular noun.
Mes parents vont au restaurant ce soir.
Third-person plural with vont and au.

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