Verb Aller

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There are several basic verbs in French that are used both in sentences and in grammatical constructions. Aller is one of them.

Native

Translation

Je vais à l'école.

I'm going to school.

Usage in the Sentence

Rule 1: Verb aller is similar to the English verb "to go." You can use it when you want to refer to the movement or travel away from the speaker.

Native

Translation

Demain nous allons à New York.

Tomorrow we’re going to New York.

Rule 2: When used with a preposition, usually à, it emphasizes the destination.

Although it's quite commonly used, aller is an irregular verb.

Rule 3: Aller is used together with infinitive to form the futur proche tense.

Native

Translation

Je vais aller au cinéma.

I'm going to go to the cinema.

Rule 4: Aller is also often used in lexical constructions and expressions in place of English "to be."

Native

Translation

Tout va bien.

Everything is going well. (Everything is well).

Ça va ?

How it's going? (How are you?)

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Je _ à l’école en vélo

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