/ale/

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Translation

to go

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Word origin

A verb of mixed origin. Most of its forms come from Latin, but accounts differ on the source of the present stem. The most widely cited is Latin ambulare ('to walk').

Origin
Latin
Root
ambulare
English cognates
amble, ambulance

Other proposed origins

  • Most commonly the present forms (aller, allons) are traced to Latin ambulare ('to walk'), heavily reduced phonetically. (ambulare)
  • Some accounts derive the aller stem from Latin adnare or alare instead, and the verb is admittedly suppletive, drawing forms from ire (irai) and vadere (vais). (ire / vadere)

Grammar

Verb typeirregular

Conjugation

Regular french-irregular conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jevaisallaisallaiiraiirais
tuvasallaisallasirasirais
il/ellevaallaitallairairait
nousallonsallionsallâmesironsirions
vousallezalliezallâtesireziriez
ils/ellesvontallaientallèrentirontiraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jeailleallasse
tuaillesallasses
il/elleailleallât
nousallionsallassions
vousalliezallassiez
ils/ellesaillentallassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tuva
nousallons
vousallez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
allant
Past participle
allé · allée · allés · allées

Examples

.

I go to the market every Saturday.

? , .

How are you? Very well, thank you.

Rome .

We are going to visit Rome in April.

.

She went to pick the children up from school.

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That dress really suits you with your black shoes.

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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 2: aller, tu, un and 8 more words.