Of all the verbs of the French language, special attention is paid to the irregular ones belonging to the third group. As a rule, they are easy to recognize by non-standard initial forms. However, the exception is the verb aller ("go, go, go"), which has the ending –er and thereby creates a false idea of its conjugation.
Conjugation of the verb aller in the indicative mood
In the present tense, the consonant v appears in the singular and in the 3rd person of the plural. The forms je vais, tu vas, il / elle / on va, ils / elles vont begin with it. The remaining forms begin with all- and have standard endings.
The imparfait of this verb is easy to remember thanks to the initial letters all- and the standard endings for all verbs of this time.
Passé Composé is constructed using the auxiliary verb être and the participle allé (e), coordinated by gender and number with the subject. This applies not only to cases with the subject in the plural or elle, but also to all those sentences when the speaker or the person in question is female.
Je suis allé en Espagne quand j'étais 20 ans. - I left for Spain when I was 20.
Je suis allée en Russie pour faire les études là-bas. - I left for Russia to study there.
In aller, this feature manifests itself only in writing, in oral speech the participle in the male and female gender is not distinguishable by ear.
In the plural, –s is added to the participle.
Hier nous sommes allé (e) s au musée. - Yesterday we went to the museum.
In Futur, the conjugation of the verb aller has the following features: a new vowel appears at the base and the consonant characteristic for the future tense –r-. Therefore, all forms begin on ir-.
Conditional mood
This inclination allows us to express facts, the implementation of which depends on certain conditions. Therefore, in most subordinate clauses, the union si (if) is found.
Si j'avais plus de temps, j'irais voir ce film au cinema. - If I had more time, I would go to watch this movie in a movie theater.
Speaking of conditional mood, one must remember that conjugation of French verbs, including aller, is characterized by the presence of a stem from the future tense and endings from Imparfait. Since the verb is incorrect, in the future tense there will also be a non-standard stem ir (in Conditionnel there will be j'ir-ais, tu ir-ais, etc., respectively).
Subjunctive of the verb aller
Conjugation in the present tense is built on two different foundations: aill- and all-. The first is used with all singular forms, as well as in the plural with ils / elles; after it are unpronounceable endings (-e, -es, -e, -ent). The base all- is found only in the plural forms 1 and 2 of the person, followed by endings beginning with –i- (-ions, -iez).
J'aimerais que nous allions au Sud cet été. “I would like us to go south this summer.”
Imperative mood
In the present tense of this mood, the forms of the verb are as follows: va, allons, allez. It should be remembered that in the singular, the final consonant –s disappears in the verb.