Allâmes (en. Let's go)

/a.lɑm/

Meaning & Definition

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verb

Indicate a movement toward a place or a state in the past.

We went to the market yesterday.

Nous allâmes au marché hier.

Express an intention or a future action in a past context.

We said that we went on vacation last year.

Nous disions que nous allâmes en vacances l'année dernière.

Evoke a journey or movement at an earlier time.

During our road trip, we went all the way to Marseille.

Lors de notre road trip, nous allâmes jusqu'à Marseille.

From the verb 'aller', from Latin 'ire'.

to be fine

To be in good health.

aller bien

to move forward

To make progress or advance.

aller de l'avant

to go to the news

To go to a source of information.

aller aux infos

gone

Past participle of the verb to go.

allé

will go

Simple future of the third person singular of the verb to go.

ira

going

Present participle of the verb to go.

allant

To go somewhere quickly.

Let's go, we went quickly to the cinema.

On y va, on allâmes vite au cinéma.

To speak about past movements casually.

Yesterday, I went to friends' house and we went out in the evening.

Hier, je suis allé chez des amis et on allâmes en soirée.