As part of my new shorter and easier HOWTO videos, I decided to conjugate all the absolutely crucial French verbs in the present tense completely and clearly for you in 2 steps:
Paso 1: only the verb, the whole verb conjugated with each subject pronoun.
paso 2: the same conjugated verb but this time in a sentence to give it context.
So far we have conjugated avoir, have and être, be (feel free to come back to these more recent videos if necessary)a little review) and this week we conjugate another verb that is almost as important: ALLER = TO GO.
Why is EVERYTHING essential?
Not only is this an important verb that we use all the time, but it's also the base of a future tense called futur proche, which you couldn't conjugate at all without knowing the verb aller in the present tense.
By the way, the future proche is a super easy time. It is a compound tense, which means it contains 2 elements:
Element 1: the verb aller in the present that you will learn or repeat according to your level,
element 2: The infinitive!
As in English, I'm going to eat, I'm going is the verb to go in the present tense, followed by the infinitive to eat. I go - like, je vais - crib. That means, as long as you can conjugate aller in the present tense and have a few infinitives in mind, you know a full future tense! Excellent!
Let's conjugate each of them in the present tense with each individual subject pronoun, and then I'll put it into a short sentence to give you context and more vocabulary at the same time. C'est parti!
let's conjugate EVERYTHING
go = all
This is called the infinitive, l'infinitif, which means that it is not conjugated. Now we conjugate it in the present tense.
I go = I go
I go to yoga once a week = I go to yoga once a week
go = you go(casual)
Do you go there often? = You and are you going sovent?
She goes = She goes
She goes to the university to study chemistry = She goes to the university to study chemistry
will = will
I don't know where it's going = I don't know where it's going
We go= where are you going
We are not going on vacation this year = We are not going on vacation this year*
On is the singular subject pronoun of us. Is it strange to think of us as singular? Think of a unit, think of a country. A country is made up of several people, so it is plural, but you say "my country IS", so it is also singular. On is most commonly used in spoken French, it is the most relaxed way of saying we.
let's go = let's go
We are not going on vacation this year = We are not going on vacation this year*
Nous is the plural subject pronoun of nosotros. It is used less in spoken French than in We have just seen, and it is the most formal and appropriate way of saying "we".
* Just to make sure you understand, the two sentences above mean the exact same thing and it is "We are not going on vacation this year". The only difference is that "on" is more casual and "nous" is "more formal".
Same sentence as the previous one, same meaning, only this time, we, it sounds more formal.
We are not going on vacation this year = We are not going on vacation this year
you go = you go(formal or all of you)
Where are you going? = Where are you going?
you go = you go(for a group of women)
They always go to the movies together = They always go to the movies together
you go = you go(for a male or mixed group)
You go to France every summer = You go to France every summer
One more time!
ALL = TO GO
I go = I go
you go = you go (casual)
she goes = she goes
the goes = goes
on va = let's go (singular + casual)
let's go = let's go (plural + formal)
vous allez = you are going (formal or all of you)
from = from (femenino)
they go = van (masculino o mixto)
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What are the 6 forms of aller in French? ›
- je vais. I go. I am going.
- tu vas. you go. you are going.
- il, elle, on va. he, she, one goes. he, she, one is going.
- nous allons. we go. we are going.
- vous allez. you go. you are going.
- ils, elles vont. they go. they are going.
The Verb Aller in the Passé Composé
For the verb aller, the passé composé is conjugated using the auxiliary verb être instead of avoir. This is followed by the past participle of aller – allé.
- Je vais a la banque. - I go to the bank.
- Tu vas. - You are going. ( ...
- Elle va a une école. - She goes to a school.
- Nous allons avec Marie. - We go with Marie.
- Vous allez. - You are going. ( ...
- Ils vont dans le bureau. - They are going to the office.
Aller is one of the most common irregular French verbs that you will come across when learning French. Let's take a look at its use in some of the different tenses here.
What tense is je suis aller? ›So the perfect tense of aller (to go) is: je suis allé(e)- I went. tu es allé(e)- you went (informal) il est allé - he went.