French Verb ALLER - to go

Easy Cheat's Way to Form the French Future Tense

A Top Ten French Verb

            French verb ALLER is French for go, or to go. To remember this imagine: you GO down the ALLEY to ALLAY his fears.

Aller is one of the ten most important verbs in French, and one that you should learn at an early stage in your French learning.

FRENCH SHORTCUT:

Aller provides a great way to express the future.Aller is used in spoken French as a quick way to express the future. It is the same construction as English phrases like "I am going to ~" after which you can put any verb.

You can put any INFINITIVE of almost any verb after the French equivalent of "going to", and this acts as a future tense. This is a great "cheat" for beginners, before they have mastered the future tense. (See the examples below the table).

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Take a couple of minutes to read aloud ALL the verb conjugations of aller below -

by (1) ROW and by (2) COLUMN ... then check out more on this word below the verb table.

french-verb-to-go-is-aller
to go: aller
Imagine you GO down the ALLEY to ALLAY his fears.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE aller
Simple Tenses aller
TENSE
je/j’
tu
il
nous
vous
ils
Present
Présent
go		 vais vas va allons allez vont
Past Imperfect
Imparfait
went		 allais allais allait allions alliez allaient
Simple Past
Passé Simple
went		 allai allas alla allâmes allâtes allèrent
Future
Futur
will go		 irai iras ira irons irez iront
Conditional
Conditionnel
would go		 irais irais irait irions iriez iraient
Subjunctive
Subjonctif
may go		 aille ailles aille allions alliez aillent
Compound Tenses aller
Present Perfect
Passé Composé
have gone		 suis allé(e) es allé(e) est allé(e) sommes allé(e)s êtes allé(e)s sont allé(e)s
Past Perfect
Plus-que-Parfait
had gone		 étais allé(e) étais allé(e) était allé(e) étions allé(e)s étiez allé(e)s étaient allé(e)s
Future Perfect
Futur Antérieur
will have gone		 serai allé(e) seras allé(e) sera allé(e) serons allé(e)s serez allé(e)s seront allé(e)s
Conditional Perfect
Conditionnel Passé
would have gone		 serais allé(e) serais allé(e) serait allé(e) serions allé(e)s seriez allé(e)s seraient allé(e)s
Imperative
Imperatif
go!		 va allons allez

        MORE on the FRENCH VERB ALLER      

French for go is aller The first meaning of the French verb aller is to go:
Òu vas-tu? Je vais á la boulangerie.
Where are you going? I’m going to the bakery.

French for go is aller It can also be used to ask about people’s health:
Comment vas-tu ? Je vais bien merci.
How are you? I’m fine thank you.
Comment va ta jambe ? Elle me fait encore un peu mal.
How is your leg? It still hurts a little.
French for go is aller

Here are some other expressions using the French verb aller:
Cette robe te va comme un gant.
This dress fits you like a glove.
Faire des va-et-vient
to go back and forth

French for go is aller

Va-t’en!
Get away!
Allez-y!
Go ahead!
Allez, prends-le!
Come on, take it!

French for go is aller Les verres vont au-dessus de l’évier.
Glasses go above the sink.

French for go is aller Allez les Bleus!
Come on France! Go France!
Les Bleus signifies the blue jerseys of the French national football and rugby teams.
French for go is aller Aller is also used as a 'future' tense, in the same way as we use the expression 'going to' in English:
Je vais étudier à la Sorbonne.
I am going to study at the Sorbonne (University in Paris).
Il va venir tout de suite.
He is going to come soon.
On va voir.
We will see. (One will see).

  HOW TO CONQUER FRENCH VERB CONJUGATION of ALLER   


  • The French verb for go aller is an irregular verb.
  • Repeating these tables aloud 10 times throughout the day will better embed the patterns into your subconscious, and your long term memory.
  • Reciting aloud is a great way for you to practice your pronunciation, and helps you to memorize the conjugations.

The TOP TEN French VERBS

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Check out the other top ten French verbs - the most important ones like the French verb ALLER.

     ✔      etre

     ✔      avoir

     ✔      tenir

     ✔      venir

     ✔      faire

     ✔      devoir

     ✔      pouvoir

     ✔      vouloir

     ✔      dire

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