French grammar
Je suis allé(e), tu es allé(e), il/elle est allé(e)
Talk about a trip you took.
From the scene Je suis allée à Tolède (I went to Toledo)
In short
Aller takes être in the past, and the participle agrees: il est allé, elle est allée, on est allés.
Your turn
Which one goes with you went?
Options: il est allé / elle est allée · tu es allé(e) · je suis allé(e)
Show answer
you went → tu es allé(e)
How it works
Aller (to go) uses être in the passé composé, and the past participle agrees with the subject: allé (masc.), allée (fem.).
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
Je (blank) allée à Tolède avec Javi.
Options: suis · es · vais
Show answer
Je suis allée à Tolède avec Javi.
I went to Toledo with Javi.
Good to know
Je suis allée = I went (said by a woman). For groups: on est allés (we went).
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
On y (blank) allés en train. Une demi-heure.
Clue: Nuria and Javi
Options: est · suis · sont
Show answer
On y est allés en train. Une demi-heure.
We went by train. Half an hour.
Good to know
"It was" uses a different past form of être: c'était génial.
I went je suis allé(e)
you went tu es allé(e)
Your turn
What goes with tu es allé(e)?
Options: he / she went · you went · I went
Show answer
tu es allé(e) → you went
he / she went il est allé / elle est allée
we went on est allé(e)s
Your turn
What goes with on est allé(e)s?
Options: you went · we went · I went
Show answer
on est allé(e)s → we went
it was c'était
Nuria
Oui, c'était génial.
Yes, it was great.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Oui, (blank) génial.
Options: c'était · je suis allé · tu es allé
Show answer
Nuria
Oui, c'était génial.
Yes, it was great.
Common mistake
Not suis or est here. Tomás asks Nuria.
Nuria, où es-tu allée ce week-end ?
Nuria, where did you go at the weekend?
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| I went | je suis allé(e) |
|---|---|
| you went | tu es allé(e) |
| he / she went | il est allé / elle est allée |
| we went | on est allé(e)s |
| it was | c'était |
More lines from the story
- NuriaJe suis allée à Tolède avec Javi.I went to Toledo with Javi.
- TomásNuria, où es-tu allée ce week-end ?Nuria, where did you go at the weekend?
- NuriaOn y est allés en train. Une demi-heure.We went by train. Half an hour.
- TomásJavi ne va même pas au supermarché.Javi doesn't even go to the supermarket.
- TomásEt c'était comment ? C'était joli ?And how was it? Was it nice?