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A1 French Grammar Lesson

Saying where people go with aller

Le verbe aller

2:42 min video · 9 sentences · 6 key words

Transcript with English

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  1. Inès va à la boulangerie.Inès goes to the bakery.
  2. Pablo, le chien, va avec elle.Pablo, the dog, goes with her.
  3. Ils vont ensuite au parc.Then they go to the park.
  4. Un chat va vite vers un arbre.A cat goes quickly toward a tree.
  5. Où vas-tu, Pablo ?Where are you going, Pablo?
  6. Pablo va derrière le chat.Pablo goes behind the cat.
  7. Inès et Pablo vont à la maison.Inès and Pablo go home.
  8. Le chat va avec eux !The cat goes with them!
  9. Nous allons tous manger !We are all going to eat!

About this lesson

Inès and her dog Pablo go to the bakery and then the park. A little cat runs away, and in the end it follows them home.

How to practise

  1. Read how the pattern works on the first card, then listen to each example sentence.
  2. Repeat every example out loud in the À toi · Your turn pause: the pattern should start to feel automatic.
  3. At the end, check the common mistake and say the practice sentence yourself.

Key words

FrenchEnglishLevel
la boulangeriethe bakery
le chienthe dog
au parcto the park
un arbrea tree
la maisonthe house, home
vitequickly

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