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Aller (to go) · Futur

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Aller in the French futur simple is: j'irai, tu iras, il/elle/on ira, nous irons, vous irez, ils/elles iront. The futur simple of aller uses the irregular stem 'ir-' (NOT 'aller-'). 'J'irai à Paris demain' = 'I will go to Paris tomorrow'. Same stem powers the conditionnel ('j'irais'). Note: this stem comes from Latin 'ire' (to go), a completely different verb from the others in aller's paradigm.

aller conjugation in the Futur Simple
To GoAller
I will go
j'irai
you will go
tu iras
he/she will go
il/elle/on ira
we will go
nous irons
you will go
vous irez
they will go
ils/elles iront
Examples

Aller (to go) in context

Sentences that use aller in the futur. Tap each to hear it.

J'irai à Paris l'année prochaine.

I will go to Paris next year.

Tu iras à la fête de Marie?

Will you go to Marie's party?

Il ira chez ses parents pour Noël.

He will go to his parents' for Christmas.

Nous irons ensemble au musée.

We will go to the museum together.

Vous irez voir ce film magnifique.

You will go see this wonderful film.

Ils iront en Italie cet été.

They will go to Italy this summer.

Tip

Working with the futur

The futur simple ("je parlerai") describes future actions, predictions, and conjecture about the present. In conversation it competes with the futur proche ("je vais parler" — going-to future), which is more common for near-term plans. Use the futur simple for distant or formal futures ("un jour, je voyagerai en Asie") and for conjecture ("il sera fatigué" = he must be tired). The futur stem is the full infinitive for regular verbs (parler-, finir-, vendr-), with a small set of irregular stems for high-frequency verbs: être → ser-, avoir → aur-, aller → ir-, faire → fer-, savoir → saur-, pouvoir → pourr-, vouloir → voudr-, venir → viendr-, devoir → devr-, voir → verr-.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate aller in the futur?
The futur of aller uses the irregular stem 'ir-': j'irai, tu iras, il/elle/on ira, nous irons, vous irez, ils/elles iront. The standard French future endings attach to 'ir-' rather than the infinitive 'aller'. This same stem is reused for the conditionnel (j'irais).
Why is the futur stem 'ir-' instead of 'aller-'?
Aller's futur stem comes from Latin 'ire' (to go) — a completely different verb from 'ambulare' (which gave allons/allez) and 'vadere' (which gave vais/vas/va). Old French speakers used 'ire' specifically for the future and conditional tenses while using vadere/ambulare for the present. Modern French inherited this split-paradigm and kept 'ir-' for the futur. The same suppletion happened to English ('go/went' — went comes from 'wend').
When should I use 'j'irai' instead of 'je vais aller'?
Both express future going. 'J'irai' (futur simple) feels slightly more formal, more committed, or further in time. 'Je vais aller' (futur proche) is more conversational for near-term plans. Interestingly, 'je vais aller' sounds redundant in writing (literally 'I am going to go'), but it's perfectly natural in speech. The futur simple also expresses conjecture: 'il ira sûrement' = 'he'll surely go' (prediction).
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