SUMMARY

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Aller is an irregular verb and has a very specific conjugation. 

And here are 2 little songs to remember the conjugation.

Note: don't say final S or T! 

Attention: the verb "allez" always needs a destination in French. You can just say "I go", you have to go somewhere and therefore say "I go to...".

 Aller tends to use the preposition "à", which is one of those prepositions that change (à, au, à l', aux) depending on the gender of what is following. 

• je vais à la maison
  I go home.

However, certain destination or positions take other preposition, such as "chez" for someone's place or "en" /"sur"/"dans" in certain cases.

• Ils vont chez Anna.
  They are going to Anna's.

• Nous allons en classe.
  We are going to class.

• Elle va sur le campus.
  She is going to the campus.

For more info, look up "position & destination" on the Grammar & Sructures page.

Venir & derivatives

Venir is an irregular _IR verb that has a very specific conjugation pattern. 

NOTE: there are two main stems for this verb, one for nous & vous (ven_) and one for the rest (vien_). Also notice that the plural ils/elles/iels has a double N. 

Example of sentences:

• Elles viennent au restaurant ?
  Are they coming to the restaurant?

• Nous (re)venons de la piscine.
  We are coming back from the swimming pool.

• Elle vient du Texas ?
  She’s coming from Texas?

• Ses cousins (re)viennent des Etats-Unis demain.
  Her cousins are coming (back) from the USA tomorrow.

NOTE: remember that à + le= au and à + les = aux // de + le=du and de + les = des (see the Grammar & Structures page for more info on position/destination  or origin prepositions) 

You use the same conjugation patten for its derivatives. It means that any verb that ends in “_venir” will be conjugated the same:

• Devenir (to become)
  je deviens, tu deviens, il devient, nous devenons...

• Revenir (to come back)
  je reviens, tu reviens, il revient, nous revenons…

• Se souvenir (to remember)
  je me souviens, tu te souviens, il se souvient…

• Parvenir (to reach, to go up to a point)
  je parviens, tu parvient, il parvient, nous parvenons…

Tenir & derivatives

The verb tenir (to hold) is conjugated the exact same way, as well as its derivatives: retenir (to hold back), entretenir (to interview)...

This conjugation is similar to venir and tenir, with two stem (prend_ and pren_)

Same conjugation for its derivatives: apprendre (to learn), surprendre (to surprize), comprendre (to understand)...

You use the same conjugation patten for its derivatives. It means that any verb that ends in “_prendre” will be conjugated the same:

• apprendre (to learn)
  j'apprends, tu apprends, il apprend, nous apprenons...

• surprendre (to surprise)
  je surprends, tu surprends, il surprend, nous surprenons…

• comprendre (to understand)
  je comprends, tu comprends, il comprend…