aller: Conjugation
The aller conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb aller according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of aller, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of aller at the end of this page.
Present | Perfect |
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Imperfect | Pluperfect |
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Future | Future-perfect |
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Conditional | Conditional perfect |
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Present subjunctive | Perfect subjunctive |
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Past historic | Past anterior |
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The verb aller is one of a few common but highly irregular French verbs:
- As shown in the verb tables on this page, the verb aller has various irregular forms in the present tense, and
is one of the few verbs with a third person plural present tense form ending in
-ont.
- This is one of the few verbs to have an irregular future tense form
(ir-) and one not derived from the current form of the infinitive.
- This is one of the few French verbs to have an irregular subjunctive form.
The verb aller is a key verb because as well as its use to
mean to go, it is also used as an auxiliary to form a kind of
future tense: je vais revenir = I'm going to come back,
I'll be coming back.
Forms of the verb aller are some of the most commonly used:
see this article on common French verb forms.