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No. 896 in French

allé

"Allé" means "gone" (past participle of "aller," to go).

In a sentence

  • Je suis allé au magasin.

    I went to the store.

    In this sentence, 'allé' is used as the past participle of 'aller' in the passé composé tense with 'être' as the auxiliary verb to indicate a completed action of going to a location.

  • Il sera allé chez lui avant nous.

    He will have gone home before us.

    Here, 'allé' is part of the futur antérieur tense to express an action completed in the future relative to another future action.

  • Es-tu allé à Paris cette année?

    Did you go to Paris this year?

    In this question, 'allé' is paired with 'être' in the passé composé to inquire about a past action of traveling to a specific place.

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