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/ɡo/
vais is the French word for "go" (first-person singular).
vais is used to express the action of moving from one place to another in the first-person singular.
How does it change in a sentence?
vais is the first-person singular present indicative of the verb aller.
How do you pronounce it?
/ɡo/
Did you know?
- The phrase ça va uses a form of the verb aller to ask if someone is doing well. Literally, it asks if life is 'going' smoothly rather than asking how a person 'is'.
- The word allez is used as an encouraging exclamation similar to 'come on' or 'go for it'. Even when speaking to someone else, the speaker is not necessarily asking them to move physically.
- In certain regional dialects or very informal speech, je vais is replaced by je m'en vais, which changes the meaning from 'I am going' to 'I am leaving'.
Examples in context
- Je vais manger.I am going to eat.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry go, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
