Making plans with aller

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Use aller in the present

Aller has an irregular present: je vais, tu vas, il/elle/on va, nous allons, vous allez, ils/elles vont. Je vais à la gare describes going to the station.

On va is often used conversationally for we are going. Nous allons is also useful. With either subject, learn the whole form rather than trying to derive it from the infinitive ending.

Add an infinitive for a plan

Aller plus an infinitive forms a common way to express the future: je vais travailler demain. There is no à between aller and the infinitive in this construction.

Keep the second verb unchanged: nous allons manger, elle va visiter le musée. A time expression such as demain, ce soir, or samedi makes the plan clear.

Arrange and adjust a meeting

Tu veux venir ? invites a friend to come. On se retrouve à dix heures ? proposes a meeting time. Devant le musée names an exact place.

If the plan does not work, je ne peux pas gives a simple refusal. Offer another time: à onze heures ? Confirm both the place and the time before closing the exchange.

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