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<p><audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" controls="controls"><source src="assets/ALLER.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"></source><a href="https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/1877/2022/10/ALLER.mp3" target="_blank" rel="external noopener nofollow" class="link-https">https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/1877/2022/10/ALLER.mp3</a></audio> </p> <p>The French verb aller means to go and is one of the most common verbs in the French language. It is an irregular verb.</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="564" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=36" title="Aller - Liste & Audio 🧩 🔊" width="958"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <p>Practice</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="564" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=37" title="Aller au présent - PB" width="958"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <span id="Le_futur_Proche"></span><span id="Le_futur_Proche"></span><h2>Le futur Proche</h2> <p>In French there are two tenses for the future tense, just like in English you can say « i’m going to go » and « i will go » they both express a notion of future.</p> <p><strong>Futur proche</strong> is like « I am going to do something ».</p> <p><strong>The structure :</strong></p> <table class="mt-responsive-table" style="border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="mt-noheading mt-column-width-10" style="text-align:center;"><strong>ALLER</strong> (present tense) <strong>+ <em>a verb</em></strong> (infinitive)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ Je vais étudier.</span> <span style="color:#808080;"><em>I am going to study.</em></span></p> <p><strong>In a negative sentence : </strong></p> <p>The first verb of the two always gets the negation. (Note that the same thing happens in English)</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ Je ne vais pas sortir.</span> <span style="color:#808080;"><em>I am not going to go out.</em></span></p> <p><span class="mt-bgcolor-ffff99">Note:</span> In French there is a rule that says that when there are two verbs in a row, the second one is always infinitive.</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ Je vais travailler.</span> <span style="color:#808080;"><em>I am going to work.</em></span></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ Paul aime cuisiner.</span> <span style="color:#808080;"><em>Paul likes to cook</em></span></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ Sophie ne veut pas rester à la maison.</span> <span style="color:#808080;"><em>Sophie doesn’t want to stay home.</em></span></p> <p>Practice</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="564" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=38" title="Futur Proche - PB" width="958"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <span id="PLACES"></span><span id="PLACES"></span><h2>PLACES</h2> <p>The verb <i>aller</i> (followed by a <a href="https://francais.lingolia.com/en/vocabulary/mots-a-ne-pas-confondre/autres/en/grammar/prepositions" target="_blank" rel="external noopener nofollow" class="link-https">preposition</a>, usually <i><strong>à</strong> </i>emphasises the destination.</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ Je vais à l’université.</span> <span style="color:#808080;"><em>I am going to the university.</em></span></p> <p><strong>Prepositions</strong> are an important part of learning any language. They link two elements of a sentence together. In English, we use prepositions such as <strong>on</strong>, <strong>with</strong>, and <strong>to </strong>very frequently. These little words serve a big purpose in making sentences more meaningful and thoughts more complete.</p> <p>When prepositions <strong>à</strong> or <strong>de</strong> are followed by definite articles <strong>le</strong> or <strong>les</strong> in French, these prepositions “contract” with them to <strong>form one word</strong>. See table below.</p> <dl class="example"> </dl> <div class="h5p-element h5p-element-button-big h5p-transparent"> <div class="h5p-element-outer h5p-image-outer-element"> <div class="h5p-element-inner h5p-image"><img title="" alt="Table displaying French phrases with English translations, focusing on the use of prepositions "à" and "au."" loading="lazy" class="internal" src="https://human.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/121901/file-62d31966ccf65.png?revision=1" /></div> </div> </div> <div class="h5p-element h5p-element-button-big h5p-transparent"> <div class="h5p-element-outer h5p-advancedtext-outer-element"> <div class="h5p-element-inner h5p-advanced-text"> <p>Practice</p> <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="564" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=39" title="Préposition à + place - PB" width="958"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></div> </div> </div>
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