There are several basic verbs in French that are used both in sentences and in grammatical constructions. Aller is one of them.
French
English
Je vais à l'école.
I'm going to school.
Usage in the Sentence
Rule 1: Verb aller is similar to the English verb "to go." You can use it when you want to refer to the movement or travel away from the speaker.
French
English
Demain nous allons à New York.
Tomorrow we’re going to New York.
Rule 2: When used with a preposition, usually à, it emphasizes the destination.
Conjugation
Although it's quite commonly used, aller is an irregular verb.
| je | vais |
| tu | vas |
| il, elle, on | va |
| nous | allons |
| vous | allez |
| ils, elles | vont |
| je | vais |
| tu | vas |
| il, elle, on | va |
| nous | allons |
| vous | allez |
| ils, elles | vont |
Usage in Grammatical Constructions
Rule 3: Aller is used together with infinitive to form the futur proche tense.
French
English
Je vais aller au cinéma.
I'm going to go to the cinema.
Usage in Expressions
Rule 4: Aller is also often used in lexical constructions and expressions in place of English "to be."
French
English
Tout va bien.
Everything is going well. (Everything is well).
Ça va ?
How it's going? (How are you?)
Quiz
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Je _ à l’école en vélo
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