aller
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[edit] Dutch
[edit] Determiner
aller
- of all; genitive form of al
- Tot op heden is Van Beethoven nog steeds één van de beroemdste en meest invloedrijke musici aller tijden. — Up to this day, Beethoven is still one of the most famous and most influential musicians of all times.
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
- Forms beginning with v from Latin vadere, those beginning with a from Latin ambulare and those beginning with i from Latin ire.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
aller
- (intransitive) To go.
- Nous devons aller à l'école. — “We must go to school.”
- J’irai au magasin. — “I will go to the store.”
- (when followed by an infinitive verb) To be going (to); will soon; forms a near-future tense
- Il allait visiter sa famille. — “He was going to his family.”
- Je vais aller au magasin. — “I will go to the store.”
- To be (feeling)
- J'espère que tu vas bien. — “I hope you are well.”
- To fit (clothes etc)
[edit] Conjugation
The verbs aller has a unique and highly irregular conjugation.
Conjugation of aller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aller | être allé | |||||
| gerund | en allant | Use the gerund of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | allant | ||||||
| past participle | allé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | vais | vas | va | allons | allez | vont |
| imperfect | allais | allais | allait | allions | alliez | allaient | |
| past historic | allai | allas | alla | allâmes | allâtes | allèrent | |
| future | irai | iras | ira | irons | irez | iront | |
| conditional | irais | irais | irait | irions | iriez | iraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aille | ailles | aille | allions | alliez | aillent |
| imperfect | allasse | allasses | allât | allassions | allassiez | allassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | va | — | allons | allez | — | ||
- Aller has an irregular imperative in the expression vas-y! ("Go on!").
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] See also
[edit] Noun
aller m. (plural allers)
- Outward trip; journey out; trip away (implying not returning)
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] German
[edit] Pronoun
aller
- Masculine nominative form of alles ("all", as in "all of you").
- Feminine dative form of alles.
- Feminine genitive form of alles.
- Plural genitive form of alles.
[edit] Saterland Frisian
[edit] Adjective
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