aller
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom French allez, from French aller (“go”).
Noun
editaller
- (fencing) The command to start; used regardless of language of the participants; in the sequence "en garde, prêt, aller".
See also
edit- Translingual: en garde, prêt, aller
- French: En garde! Prêts? Allez!
Dutch
editPronunciation
editDeterminer
editaller
French
editAlternative forms
edit- vader (Acadia, Louisiana)
Etymology
editFrom Middle French aller, from Old French aler, from Early Medieval Latin alāre, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editaller
- to go [with à ‘to a location’]
- Je vais au magasin. ― I'm going to the store.
- On y va. ― Let's go.
- to attend (school, church regularly) [with à]
- aller à l’école ― to attend school
- (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 visit his family.
- Je vais aller au magasin. ― I will go to the store.
- (when followed by an adverb) to be (feeling)
- J’espère que tu vas bien. ― I hope you are well.
- Tout ira bien ― All will be well.
- to go well [with avec ‘with (clothes, colors, etc.)’]
- to suit [with à ‘someone’]
- Cette robe te va bien ! ― That dress suits you well!
- to be X-proof (to be suitable for use in an appliance without running the risk of being damaged in the process) [with à]
- aller au four ― to be ovenproof
- aller au micro-ondes ― to be microwave safe
- aller au lave-vaisselle ― to be dishwasher proof
Conjugation
editThe verb aller has a unique and highly irregular conjugation. The second-person singular imperative va additionally combines with y to form vas-y instead of the expected va-y.
infinitive | simple | aller | |||||
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compound | être past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | allant /a.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | étant past participle | ||||||
past participle | allé /a.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | vais /vɛ/ |
vas /va/ |
va /va/ |
allons /a.lɔ̃/ |
allez /a.le/ |
vont /vɔ̃/ |
imperfect | allais /a.lɛ/ |
allais /a.lɛ/ |
allait /a.lɛ/ |
allions /a.ljɔ̃/ |
alliez /a.lje/ |
allaient /a.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | allai /ale/ |
allas /ala/ |
alla /ala/ |
allâmes /alam/ |
allâtes /alat/ |
allèrent /alɛʁ/ | |
future | irai /i.ʁe/ |
iras /i.ʁa/ |
ira /i.ʁa/ |
irons /i.ʁɔ̃/ |
irez /i.ʁe/ |
iront /i.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | irais /i.ʁɛ/ |
irais /i.ʁɛ/ |
irait /i.ʁɛ/ |
irions /i.ʁjɔ̃/ |
iriez /i.ʁje/ |
iraient /i.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of être past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of être past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of être past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of être past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of être past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | aille /aj/ |
ailles /aj/ |
aille /aj/ |
allions /a.ljɔ̃/ |
alliez /a.lje/ |
aillent /aj/ |
imperfect2 | allasse /alas/ |
allasses /alas/ |
allât /ala/ |
allassions /ala.sjɔ̃/ |
allassiez /ala.sje/ |
allassent /alas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of être past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | va /va/ |
— | allons /a.lɔ̃/ |
allez /a.le/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of être past participle | — | simple imperative of être past participle | simple imperative of être past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
edit- à la va-vite
- à tout va
- à tout-va
- aller à Canossa
- aller à l’essentiel
- aller à vau-l’eau
- aller au lit
- aller aux putes
- aller bon train
- aller comme un gant
- aller de Charybde en Scylla
- aller de l’avant
- aller de pair
- aller de soi
- aller droit dans le mur
- aller et venir
- aller plus vite que la musique
- aller sans dire
- aller se faire enculer
- aller se faire foutre
- aller se faire mettre
- aller se faire voir
- aller se faire voir chez les Grecs
- aller son petit bonhomme de chemin
- aller vite en besogne
- allez savoir
- allez voir là-bas si j’y suis
- ça ira
- ça te va bien
- ça va ?
- cela va sans dire
- comment allez-vous ?
- comment vas-tu ?
- faire aller
- ne pas y aller par quatre chemins
- rien ne va plus
- si la montagne ne va pas à toi, va à la montagne
- s’en aller
- va banque
- va savoir
- va savoir pourquoi
- y aller
Descendants
edit- Haitian Creole: ale
Noun
editaller m (plural allers)
- outward trip; journey out; trip away
- aller et retour ― round trip
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit
Further reading
edit- “aller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editaller
Middle English
editNoun
editaller
- Alternative form of aldre
Middle French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French aler.
Verb
editaller
- to go
Conjugation
edit- Like Modern French aller, highly irregular.
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | simple | aller | |||||
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compound | estre past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | allant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of estre past participle | ||||||
past participle | allé | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | vays | vas | va | allons | allez | vont |
imperfect | allois | allois | alloit | allions | alliez | alloient | |
past historic | allai | allas | alla | allasmes | allastes | allerent | |
future | iroye, yroie | iras, yras | ira, yra | irons, yrons | irez, yrez | iront, yront | |
conditional | irois, yrois | irois, yrois | iroit, yroit | irions, yrions | iriez, yriez | iroient, yroient | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of estre past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of estre past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of estre past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of estre past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of estre past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | aille | ailles | aille | allions | alliez | aillent |
imperfect | allasse | allasses | allast | allassions | allassiez | allassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of estre past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of estre past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | va | — | allons | allez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of estre past participle | — | simple imperative of estre past participle | simple imperative of estre past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
Descendants
editNorman
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French aler, from Early Medieval Latin alāre, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editaller
Antonyms
edit- v'nîn (“to come”)
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editAdverb
editaller
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “aller” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editAdverb
editaller
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “aller” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
editVerb
editaller
- Alternative form of aler
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb is highly irregular and it is suppletive. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | aller | estre allé | |||||
gerund | en allant | gerund of estre past participle | |||||
present participle | allant | ||||||
past participle | allé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | vois, vai | vais, vas | vait, va | alons | alez | vont |
imperfect | alloie, alleie, alloe, alleve | alloies, alleies, alloes, alleves | alloit, alleit, allot, alleve | alliiens, alliens | alliiez, alliez | alloient, alleient, alloent, allevent | |
preterite | allai | allas | alla | allames | allastes | allerent | |
future | irai | iras | ira | irons | iroiz, ireiz, irez | iront | |
conditional | iroie, ireie | iroies, ireies | iroit, ireit | iriiens, iriens | iriiez, iriez | iroient, ireient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of estre past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of estre past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of estre past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of estre past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of estre past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | voise, aille, alge, auge | voises, ailles, alges, auges | voise, voist, aille, aut, algeṭ, auge | voisiens, voisons, alons, ailliens, aillons, algiens, aljons, augiens, aujons | voisiez, alez, ailliez, algiez, algez, augiez, augez | voisent, aillent, algent, augent |
imperfect | allasse | allasses | allast | allissons, allissiens | allissoiz, allissez, allissiez | allassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of estre past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of estre past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | vas, va | — | allons | allez | — |
Saterland Frisian
editAdjective
editaller
Scots
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English alor, from Proto-West Germanic *aliʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare Swedish al, Saterland Frisian ällerboom), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaller (plural allers)
Welsh
editPronunciation
editVerb
editaller
- Soft mutation of galler.
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