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Present indicative / Le présent de l’indicatif (1)

Used to state something that happened

“I go”

(also used as “I do go” and “I am going”)

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(aller - to go)

je vais -  go
tu vas - you go
il/elle/on va - he/she/it goes 
nous allons - we go
vous allez - you go
ils/elles - they go
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Imperfect indicative / imparfait de l’indicatif (2)
“I was going”

(also used as “I went” and “I used to go”

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(aller - to go)

j' allais - I was going
tu allais - you were going
il/elle/on allait - he/she/it was going
nous allions | we were going
vous alliez | you were going
ils allaient | they were going
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simple past / passé simple (3)
Used to state something that happened
“I went”

(also used as “I did go”)

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(aller - to go)

j'allai | I went
tu allas | you went
il/elle/on alla | he/she/it went
nous allâmes | we went
vous allâtes | you went
ils allèrent | they went
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Futur / Future (4)

Used to state something that has not happened yet
“I will go”

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(aller - to go)

j'irai - I will go
tu iras - you will go
il/elle/on ira - he/she/it will go
nous irons - we will go
vous irez - you will go
ils iront - they will go
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Conditional / conditionnel (present) (5)

Used to state something that may or may not happen dependent on something else

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(aller - to go)

j'irais - I would go
tu irais - you would go
il/elle/on irait - he/she it would go
nous irions - we would go
vous iriez - you would go
ils iraient - they would go
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Present Subjunctive / présent du subjonctif (6)

Used in certain contexts to express wishes, requests or conditions contrary to fact

“I may go”

(**this tense pairs with “ask, insist, wish, recommend, request, suggest | and used with contrary to fact “if” clauses)

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(aller - to go)

que j'aille - that I may go
que tu ailles - that you may go
qu'il aille - that he may go
que nous allions - that we may go
que vous alliez - that you may go
qu'ils aillent - that they may go
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Imperfect subjunctive/ imparfait du subjonctif (7)

Used in certain contexts to express wishes, requests or conditions contrary to fact

“That I might go”

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(aller - to go)

que j'allasse - that I might go
que tu allasses - that you might go
qu'il allât - that he might go
que nous allassions - that we might go
que vous allassiez - that you might go
qu'ils allassent - that they might go
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passé composé (compound past) / passé antérieur (8)
(used with être)
“I have gone”

(also I went / I did go, I had gone)

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(aller - to go)

je suis allé - I have gone
tu es allé - you have gone
il est allé - he has gone
nous sommes allés - we have gone
vous êtes allés - you have gone
ils sont allés - they have gone
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