Aller is very irregular, but, like many irregular verbs, the 'nous' and the 'vous' forms are similar and regular and should help you to remember them. The other forms have a similar pattern to 'avoir', except with a 'v' in front (plus an 's' on the end of the 'je' form).

Its forms are:

aller
je vais nous allons
tu vas vous allez
elle, il, on va elles, ils vont

In the singular, the final 's' is not pronounced, so the second- and third-person forms are pronounced the same.
In the third-person plural, the final 't' is not pronounced, and the 'n' nasalizes
the 'o'.

Click on a verb form to hear the pronounciation.

Ça va ? Tu vas bien ?

Ma famille et moi, nous allons tous en Provence pour nos vacances cette année. Mon frère va à Cannes, mes parents vont à Nice, et moi je vais à Saint-Tropez. Nous sommes une famille dysfonctionelle, disons.

('Aller' is an interesting verb because it has so many stems. The present tense has two, and the future and conditional have another. The reason for this goes back several centuries. Most French verbs are descended directly from Latin verbs. 'Aller' is descended from three of them, all merged together. The 'je', 'tu', 'elle' and 'elles' forms come from VADERE; the 'nous' and 'vous' forms, along with the infinitive and other tenses, come from ADNARE; the future and conditional tenses come from IRE. The only other verb that descends from three Latin verbs is 'être')


-er verbs / -ir verbs / -re verbs
être / avoir / faire / aller / prendre / connaître
venir, tenir / pouvoir, vouloir / savoir, devoir / dormir, sortir, servir
lire, dire, écrire / voir, croire