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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#9001335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9001335) [\#607731](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/607731)) - “Where is it **going** then?” --Où **va**-t-elle donc? ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 29690) - But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is **going**, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. Mais celui qui hait son frère est dans les ténèbres, il marche dans les ténèbres, et il ne sait où il **va**, parce que les ténèbres ont aveuglé ses yeux. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1JO 2:11) - And what is the British Presidency **going** to do about this? Et que **va** entreprendre la présidence britannique à cet égard? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1799315) - AIB will notify the Relevant Competitor in writing whether it has been successful in its application and that its Material is **going** to be mailed by AIB. AIB indiquera par écrit au concurrent concerné si sa candidature a été retenue et l'informera qu'elle **va** procéder au publipostage de son matériel publicitaire. ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3461996) ## vais Used about 2 460 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 444 · literary ≈ 21 · biblical ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 976). - I'm **going** to do it again. Je **vais** le refaire. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and felix63 · checked, community translation · [\#2545409](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2545409) [\#9081282](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9081282)) - “Then I’m **going** to tell you everything—” --Alors je **vais** tout vous avouer... ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1432) - But now, I say, I am **going** to Jerusalem, serving the saints. Présentement je **vais** à Jérusalem, pour le service des saints. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ROM 15:25) - I do not think that he is here to listen to my reply, but I am nevertheless **going** to give it. Je ne crois pas qu'il soit là pour écouter ma réponse, mais je **vais** quand même la donner. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 264564) - I'm **going** to make a drink. Je **vais** préparer un verre. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#27115](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/27115) [\#3645762](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3645762)) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - If you are **going** to go to America, you should brush up your Portuguese. Si tu te rends en Amérique, tu devrais réviser ton portugais. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1452015](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1452015) [\#1452017](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1452017)) - What on earth is **going** on here? Que Diable se passe-t-il donc ici ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#5920843](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5920843) [\#5134931](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5134931)) - He reads before **going** to sleep. Il lit avant de dormir. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Cocorico · checked, community translation · [\#8838755](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8838755) [\#746252](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/746252)) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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