y aller
See also: yaller
French
Verb
y aller (conjugation of aller)
- (informal) to leave; to depart
Conjugation
The verb aller has a unique and highly irregular conjugation. The second-person singular imperative va additionally combines with y to form vas-y instead of the expected va-y.
Conjugation of y aller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | y allant /i.j‿a.lɑ̃/ | ||||||
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| past participle | allé /a.le/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | y aller | ||||||
| compound | y être + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | y allant /i.j‿a.lɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | y étant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | y vais /i vɛ/ | y vas /i vɑ/ | y va /i va/ | y allons /i.j‿a.lɔ̃/ | y allez /i.j‿a.le/ | y vont /i vɔ̃/ |
| imperfect | y allais /i.j‿a.lɛ/ | y allais /i.j‿a.lɛ/ | y allait /i.j‿a.lɛ/ | y allions /i.j‿a.ljɔ̃/ | y alliez /i.j‿a.lje/ | y allaient /i.j‿a.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | y allai /i.j‿a.le/ | y allas /i.j‿a.la/ | y alla /i.j‿a.la/ | y allâmes /i.j‿a.lam/ | y allâtes /i.j‿a.lat/ | y allèrent /i.j‿a.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | y irai /i.j‿i.ʁe/ | y iras /i.j‿i.ʁa/ | y ira /i.j‿i.ʁa/ | y irons /i.j‿i.ʁɔ̃/ | y irez /i.j‿i.ʁe/ | y iront /i.j‿i.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | y irais /i.j‿i.ʁɛ/ | y irais /i.j‿i.ʁɛ/ | y irait /i.j‿i.ʁɛ/ | y irions /i.j‿i.ʁjɔ̃/ | y iriez /i.j‿i.ʁje/ | y iraient /i.j‿i.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of y être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of y être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of y être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of y être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of y être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | y aille /i.j‿aj/ | y ailles /i.j‿aj/ | y aille /i.j‿aj/ | y allions /i.j‿a.ljɔ̃/ | y alliez /i.j‿a.lje/ | y aillent /i.j‿aj/ |
| imperfect2 | y allasse /i.j‿a.las/ | y allasses /i.j‿a.las/ | y allât /i.j‿a.la/ | y allassions /i.j‿a.la.sjɔ̃/ | y allassiez /i.j‿a.la.sje/ | y allassent /i.j‿a.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of y être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of y être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vas-y /va.zi/ | — | allons-y /a.lɔ̃.zi/ | allez-y /a.le.zi/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of y être + past participle | — | simple imperative of y être + past participle | simple imperative of y être + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Synonyms
- s'en aller
Derived terms
- ne pas y aller de main morte
- ne pas y aller par quatre chemins