# aller conjugation

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> *Aller* means "to go". The present is *je vais, tu vas, il va, nous allons, vous allez, ils vont*. The passé composé takes *être*: *je suis allé*. The imparfait is *j'allais*, the future *j'irai* and the subjunctive *que j'aille*. *Aller* plus a verb is also how French says "going to": *je vais manger*, I'm going to eat.

**Diagram.** aller is two verbs glued together. Nous allons and vous allez look like a regular -er verb; vais, vas, va and vont come from somewhere else. The future swaps the stem for ir-, then takes the normal endings.
> The conjugation of aller as two grids, singular on the left and plural on the right. Present: je vais, tu vas, il va, nous allons, vous allez, ils vont, with vais, vas, va and vont marked as irregular. Future: j'irai, tu iras, il ira, nous irons, vous irez, ils iront, with the stem ir- marked.
- aller, present: **vais**, **vas**, **va**, allons, allez, **vont**.
- aller, future: **ir**ai, **ir**as, **ir**a, **ir**ons, **ir**ez, **ir**ont.
- Bold marks the letters that break the pattern.
- **Red pencil** is what breaks the pattern, **graphite** is the normal endings.
- *Tu vas* and *il va* sound the same: *vah*.

**aller** — to go. *Je vais*.

## Present (présent)

*The everyday present: what you do, what's true, what's going on.*


| Pronoun | aller | Say |
| --- | --- | --- |
| je | vais | zhuh VEH |
| tu | vas | tew VAH |
| il / elle / on | va | eel VAH |
| nous | allons | noo za-LOHN |
| vous | allez | voo za-LAY |
| ils / elles | vont | eel VOHN |

*Vas* and *va* sound the same. *Ça va?* (how's it going?) is the one you'll say most, and *ça va* is also the answer.

## Past (passé composé)

*The everyday past, for things that happened: "I was", "I had". It's avoir or être plus the past participle.*


| Pronoun | aller | Say |
| --- | --- | --- |
| je | suis allé(e) | zhuh swee za-LAY |
| tu | es allé(e) | tew eh za-LAY |
| il / elle / on | est allé / allée | eel eh ta-LAY |
| nous | sommes allé(e)s | noo sum za-LAY |
| vous | êtes allé(e)(s) | voo zet za-LAY |
| ils / elles | sont allés / allées | eel sohn ta-LAY |

*Aller* takes *être*, not *avoir*: *je suis allé*, never *j'ai allé*. With *être* the participle agrees with whoever went, so a woman writes *je suis allée*, and a group writes *allés*. You can't hear the difference, it's only on paper.

## Imperfect (imparfait)

*The past for how things were or used to be: "I was tired", "we used to have a dog".*


| Pronoun | aller | Say |
| --- | --- | --- |
| je (j') | allais | zha-LEH |
| tu | allais | tew a-LEH |
| il / elle / on | allait | eel a-LEH |
| nous | allions | noo za-LYOHN |
| vous | alliez | voo za-LYAY |
| ils / elles | allaient | eel za-LEH |

Regular: *all-* plus the imparfait endings. *J'allais à la plage tous les étés* is "I used to go to the beach every summer". *J'allais partir* is "I was about to leave".

## Future, conditional and subjunctive

*"Will" and "would", plus the subjunctive: the form French uses after il faut que, je veux que and other wishes and doubts.*


| Pronoun | Futur | Conditionnel | Subjonctif |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| je (j') | irai | irais | aille |
| tu | iras | irais | ailles |
| il / elle / on | ira | irait | aille |
| nous | irons | irions | allions |
| vous | irez | iriez | alliez |
| ils / elles | iront | iraient | aillent |

The future and conditional are built on *ir-*: *j'irai à Paris* (I'll go to Paris), *j'irais bien* (I'd happily go). The subjunctive *aille* sounds like *eye*: *il faut que j'y aille*, I have to go.

## Participles

*The "-ing" form (étant, being) and the past participle that makes the passé composé (été, been).*


| Form | aller | In a sentence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| present participle | allant | *En allant au travail* (on the way to work) |
| past participle | allé | *Elle est allée au marché* (she went to the market) |

## Imperative (impératif)

*Commands: telling someone to do something, or not to.*


| Pronoun | Affirmative | Negative |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tu | va | ne va pas |
| nous | allons | n'allons pas |
| vous | allez | n'allez pas |

*Allez!* is the cheer at every football match: come on! Before *y*, *va* picks up an *s*: *vas-y*, go on, go for it.

## What aller does

*Four ways you'll see it*

| French | Means |
| --- | --- |
| je vais manger | I'm going to eat: *aller* + a verb, the everyday future |
| ça va? | how's it going? *Aller* for how you're doing |
| je vais bien | I'm fine (not "I go well") |
| ça te va bien | that suits you |

**Je vais + verb is how people actually talk about the future.** *Je vais partir demain* (I'm leaving tomorrow) is far more common in conversation than *je partirai demain*. If you only learn one future, learn this one: you already know *vais*.

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## Questions

### Does aller take être or avoir in the passé composé?

*Être*: *je suis allé*, *elle est allée*, *nous sommes allés*. Never *j'ai allé*.

### What is the future of aller?

*J'irai, tu iras, il ira, nous irons, vous irez, ils iront*. The stem is *ir-*.

### What is the subjunctive of aller?

*Que j'aille, que tu ailles, qu'il aille, que nous allions, que vous alliez, qu'ils aillent*. *Il faut que j'y aille* means "I have to go".

### What is the imparfait of aller?

*J'allais, tu allais, il allait, nous allions, vous alliez, ils allaient*.

### How do you say "I'm going to" in French?

*Je vais* plus the verb: *je vais manger* (I'm going to eat), *on va voir* (we'll see). It's the most common way to talk about the future.

## Related

- [faire conjugation](https://learnwithkin.com/french/conjugations/faire.md)
- [être conjugation](https://learnwithkin.com/french/conjugations/etre.md)
- [French verb conjugations](https://learnwithkin.com/french/conjugations.md)

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