3 – Les vacances
Grammaire: 3.2 – Le verbe aller”
aller = to go
La formation:
The verb aller is irregular in the present tense.
Listen carefully to the pronunciation of the -s in the plural forms nous and vous forms. This -s is pronounced as a /z/ to link with the vowel sound in the plural forms allons and allez.
| aller ‘to go’ | |
| je vais | nous allons |
| tu vas | vous allez |
| il/elle/on va | ils/elles vont |
Usages:
- Aller literally means ‘to go’.
- It is also figuratively in salutations to say how one is doing.
- Joe-Bob: Tu vas bien?
- Tex: Oui, je vais bien!
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