Level 33 - Aller 'to go' / Venir ' to come'

We now move onto two more key verbs: aller ('to go') and venir ('to come'). Like many key verbs, they happen to be irregular. Here they are in the present tense, followed by some example sentences.

Tu vas bien? / vous allez bien?

These mean'how are you?' and is usually to be responded to with (je vais) très bien merci ('very well thank you'). if you are not well, find out what you should say in Level 69.

Phrases with aller

D'où-viens-tu / d'où venez-vous

These mean 'where do you come from?' (literally: 'from where come you?'). You answer by saying je viens de ('i come from') followed by the name of the place (unless it's a masculine country beginning with a consonant like le Portugal and le Danemark) e.g. je viens d'Angleterre, je viens de Londres, je viens de Paris, je viens de France, je viens du Portugal.