aller

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Determiner

aller

  1. 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.

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[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

  1. (intransitive) To go.
    Nous devons aller à l'école.
    We must go to school.
  2. (when followed by an infinitve verb) To be going (to) (to form the future tense); will
    Il allait visiter sa famille.
    He was going to his family.
  3. To be (to be feeling)
    J'espère que tu vas bien.
    I hope you are well.

[edit] Conjugation

   Conjugation of aller
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!").
  • The past historic form fut (compare Spanish fue) is attested in Saint-Exupéry's Le Petit Prince, in the phrase il s'en fut.

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[edit] Noun

aller m. (plural allers)

  1. Outward trip; journey out; trip away (implying not returning)

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[edit] German

[edit] Pronoun

aller

  1. Masculine nominative form of alles ("all", as in "all of you").
  2. Feminine dative form of alles.
  3. Feminine genitive form of alles.
  4. Plural genitive form of alles.
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