The verb aller means to go.
Here's how to say I go/I'm going and you go/you're going in French:
Je vais à l'école
I go to school / I'm going to school
Tu vas au travail
You go to work / You're going to work
Vous allez chez le docteur.
You go to the doctor. / You are going to the doctor.
Note that the verb form changes depending on who is acting.
Remember that in French, to say you, you will use either:
- tu to address one person you know well, i.e. "informal" and "singular"
- vous to address one person in a professional context, or that you don't know well, i.e. "formal" and "singular"
See Tu and vous are used for three types of you
Here's a link to the full conjugation of aller in Présent indicatif:
Conjugate aller in Le Présent (present tense)
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Q&A
Chris
Kwiziq community member
22/01/19
Yes, although you would probably use something else, such as on y va or allons-y.
Cécile
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4/01/18
Rebekah
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4/01/18
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
29/06/17
Not at all : "Où vas-tu ?" is the inverted question form, which is actually considered more elegant and formal than its equivalents:
"Où est-ce que tu vas ?"
"Où tu vas ?"
"Tu vas où ?"
See the related lessons:
https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/revision/grammar/forming-questions-by-inverting-in-the-present-tense-except-il-elle-on-forms
https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/revision/grammar/how-to-ask-questions-with-qui-que-quoi-quand-ou-comment-pourquoi-and-combien
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
Ed
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7/05/17
Gruff
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12/05/17
Haloui
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26 January 2019
2 replies
Why?
Why we say au tavail not à travail ??
Chris
Kwiziq community member
27 January 2019
27/01/19
Because the French use a definite article in this case: au travail = à le travail.
Haloui
Kwiziq community member
27 January 2019
27/01/19
Aa okey merci.