Iraient (en. Would go)

/iʁɛ/

Meaning & Definition

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verb

Indicates movement toward a place, in the conditional.

If they could, they would go to the beach.

S'ils le pouvaient, ils iraient à la plage.

Expresses an intention or a hypothesis concerning the future.

They would say they would go on vacation this summer.

Ils diraient qu'ils iraient en vacances cet été.

Used to express possible or likely actions.

If I knew, I would tell them they would go to the concert.

Si je le savais, je leur dirais qu'ils iraient au concert.

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

They would be fine.

An expression to suggest that they would do well to do something.

Ils iraient bien

Would they go?

A question about the possibility of them doing something.

Iraient-ils ?

If they knew, they would go.

Indicates a hypothetical condition for going somewhere.

S'ils savaient, ils iraient

to go

Verb meaning to move from one place to another.

aller

Third person plural of the verb to go in the present.

vont

I will go

First person singular of the verb to go in the future.

irai

Used to express that people are going somewhere in an informal context.

Honestly, if they had the choice, they would go to the party tonight.

Franchement, s'ils avaient le choix, ils iraient à la fête dès ce soir.

To express intention casually.

Honestly, they would go if it were fun.

Honnêtement, ils iraient si c'était fun.