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# aller — French to English

How French *aller* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: allaient (4 076), allait (8 109), alle (188), aller (38 223), alles (6), allez (2 573), allons (12 810), allé (2 756), allée (2 497), allées (984), allés (1 877). By style: everyday 7 677 · literary 370 · biblical 580 · parliamentary 16 974 · legal and administrative 1 909 · UN documents 46 589.

## went

Used about 7 593 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 403 · literary ≈ 32 · biblical ≈ 149 · parliamentary ≈ 1 942 · legal and administrative ≈ 90 · UN documents ≈ 2 978).

- Je suis **allée** à Boston.
  I **went** to Boston.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3024219](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3024219) [\#12778953](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12778953))

- Il est **allé** à la barricade, et....
  He **went** to the barricade, and....”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28413)

- Tous **allaient** se faire inscrire, chacun dans sa ville.
  All **went** to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 2:3)

- Nous sommes également **allés** en Égypte.
  We also **went** to Egypt.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1198635)

- Il a fait valoir que cette concentration **allait** au-delà des producteurs de l’Union dont Showa Denko est propriétaire.
  The applicant argued that the consolidation **went** beyond the Union producers owned by Showa Denko.
  ([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 5110003)

## go

Used about 6 715 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 933 · literary ≈ 58 · biblical ≈ 211 · parliamentary ≈ 1 709 · legal and administrative ≈ 114 · UN documents ≈ 2 690). Meaning: [go in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/go/).

- N'y **allons** pas !
  Let's not **go**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2007926](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2007926) [\#4839232](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4839232))

- **Allait**-il lâcher prise?
  And if he let **go** his hold?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30063)

- **Allons**! Montons de nuit! Détruisons ses palais!
  Arise! Let’s **go** up by night, and let’s destroy her palaces.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 6:5)

- **Allez** donc visiter l'aéroport.
  **Go** and visit the airport.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1858614)

- **Allez** directement au résultat
  **Go** directly to outcome
  ([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 1530065)

## going

Used about 5 026 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 070 · literary ≈ 62 · biblical ≈ 11 · parliamentary ≈ 2 292 · legal and administrative ≈ 54 · UN documents ≈ 1 537). Meaning: [going in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/going/).

- Où **allaient**-ils ?
  Where were they **going**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and ulyssemc1 · checked, community translation · [\#620871](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/620871) [\#6166985](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6166985))

- --Qu'**allez**-vous faire?
  “What are you **going** to do?”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14680)

- Levez-vous, **allons**; voici, celui qui me livre s’approche.
  Arise, let’s be **going**. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 26:46)

- Vous **allez** les augmenter ?
  Are you **going** to increase them?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 50779)

- Selon la France, l'aéroport de Marseille-Provence **allait** faire face à des problèmes d'encombrement à plus ou moins court terme.
  According to France, Marseille Provence Airport was **going** to face congestion problems in the more or less short term.
  ([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 3856478)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- C'est l'heure d'**aller** au lit.
  It's time to call it a night.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and \_undertoad · checked, community translation · [\#3367353](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3367353) [\#13635](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13635))

- Je ne vais pas y **aller** à pied.
  I'm not hoofing it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CM · checked, community translation · [\#5757501](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5757501) [\#12452858](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12452858))

- Est-ce que tu es prête à **aller** te coucher ?
  Are you ready for bed?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2646649](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2646649) [\#7088922](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7088922))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/).

## About these examples

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