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French Phrases to Go
The French verb aller, “to go,” is found in many idiomatic expressions, including to suit, to fetch, and to go without saying. Learn these and dozens of other French expressions featuring aller.
| aller + infinitive | (near future) | to be going to (do something) | |
| aller à la pêche | to go fishing | ||
| aller à la rencontre de quelqu’un | to go meet someone | ||
| aller à pied | to go on foot | ||
| aller à quelqu’un | to be becoming, to suit | ||
| aller au-devant de quelqu’un | to go meet someone | ||
| aller au fond des choses | to get to the bottom of things | ||
| aller aux renseignements | to go find out the news | ||
| aller aux nouvelles | to go find out the news | ||
| aller avec quelque chose | to match something | ||
| aller chercher | to get, to fetch | ||
| aller de pair avec | to go hand in hand with | ||
| aller en voiture | to ride in a car | ||
| aller et venir | to come and go, to pace | ||
| aller sans dire | to go without saying | ||
| aller sur ses ___ ans | to be going on ___ | ||
| un aller (simple) | one-way ticket | ||
| un aller-retour | round-trip ticket, return ticket | ||
| allez | (filler) | come on, let’s go | |
| Allez les Bleus ! | Go French team! | ||
| Allez-y ! | Go ahead! | ||
| Allons donc ! | Oh come on! You’ve got to be kidding! | ||
| Allons-y ! | Let’s go! | ||
| Ça va ? | (greetings) | How are you? | |
| Ça va. | (greetings) | I’m fine. | |
| Ça va, ça vient. | You win some, you lose some; Easy come, easy go. | ||
| Ça va sans dire. | That’s obvious, That goes without saying. | ||
| Cela va de soi. | That’s self-evident, That goes without saying | ||
| Comment allez-vous ? | (greetings) | How are you? | |
| Comment vas-tu ? | (greetings) | How are you? | |
| Non mais ça va pas (la tête) ! | (informal) | You’re crazy! | |
| On y va ? | (informal) | Shall we go? Wanna go? | |
| On y va ! | (informal) | Let’s go! | |
| Où allons-nous ? | What are things coming to? What’s going to happen? | ||
| s’en aller | to go away | ||
| Va t’en ! | (informal) | Go away! | |
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