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| xmaniacxx |
Posted on 10-06-2012 18:38
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Me? from Holland |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 10-06-2012 18:40
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xmaniacxx wrote:
Me? from Holland
No, but Aquarius, who you just incorrectly tried to correct, is French. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 10-06-2012 18:42
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Funnily enough, Deadpool and me had this very same discussion (regarding the Spanish expression for allez) during the 2010 Tour de France. Except Deadpool was wise enough to trust the native speaker, of course. 
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 10-06-2012 18:46
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kumazan wrote:
Funnily enough, Deadpool and me had this very same discussion (regarding the Spanish expression for allez) during the 2010 Tour de France. Except Deadpool was wise enough to trust the native speaker, of course.
If we are correcting grammar today, then I would like to point out that it should be "Deadpool and I". |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 10-06-2012 18:47
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No, you're wrong.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 10-06-2012 18:50
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The correct response is I. Shame on you Kumazan for incorrectly correcting a correct correction 
Edit: And if I'm not mistaken, "ir" is to go in Spanish.
Edited by baseballlover312 on 10-06-2012 18:52
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 10-06-2012 18:50
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kumazan wrote:
No, you're wrong.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 10-06-2012 18:51
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baseballlover312 wrote:
The correct response is I. Shame on you Kumazan for incorrectly correcting a correct correction
He was joking... |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 10-06-2012 18:53
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
The correct response is I. Shame on you Kumazan for incorrectly correcting a correct correction
He was joking...
So was I 
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 10-06-2012 18:54
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baseballlover312 wrote:
wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
baseballlover312 wrote:
The correct response is I. Shame on you Kumazan for incorrectly correcting a correct correction
He was joking...
So was I
Oh. Well. Then. |
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| xmaniacxx |
Posted on 10-06-2012 19:07
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wait, about that french grammar, i asked my friend hes natiive french speaker, and says wer both wrong. Aller is go as in (you go) but allez is go as in (you guys go), allez is used for more people. but its more common to say aller. tho it doesnt matter becouse theyr pronounced thee same |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 10-06-2012 19:11
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What about vas-y?
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 10-06-2012 19:27
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xmaniacxx wrote:
wait, about that french grammar, i asked my friend hes natiive french speaker, and says wer both wrong. Aller is go as in (you go) but allez is go as in (you guys go), allez is used for more people. but its more common to say aller. tho it doesnt matter becouse theyr pronounced thee same
Sorry, but that's just wrong.
Aller is an infinitive, it means, and translates as "to go".
Allez is the indicative conjugated form of aller, at the second person of the plural times : "vous allez" ("you go" ).
Imperative forms of "aller" now :
Vas, allons, allez.
First one is singular imperative, second ones are plural imperatives.
Vas as in vas-y (y indicates a place, that translates as "there you go" or possibly "go there". Singular is of course when you address to one single person, but in a non-formal way. "Vas-y Gadret" would be correct, and is probably heard from times to times.
"Allons" ou "allons-y" wouldn't make sense here, as no fan is going to ride anywhere with Gadret.
"Allez" is the plural (for a group) or the formal form. It's more impersonal. "Allez Gadret" is the formal form (as obviously there's only one Gadret riding). It's definitely allez, not aller. It wouldn't make any sense.
Though people sometimes make mistakes, just check the road signs during the Tour de France.
Before you ask, my English might be lousy, but my French is hardly second to anyone's [/ego trip].
Edited by Aquarius on 10-06-2012 19:28
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| xmaniacxx |
Posted on 10-06-2012 19:30
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and what about aller vite? |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 10-06-2012 19:42
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xmaniacxx wrote:
and what about aller vite?
What about it? It means 'to go fast'. If you were going to tell Gadret that you thought he should 'go fast' (as long as you weren't an acquaintance of his) you would still conjugate in the same way as Aquarius said, as Isso said, as Smowz said, as I said, 'allez vite'. Vite is just an adjective so it wouldn't affect the conjugation of aller.
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| xmaniacxx |
Posted on 10-06-2012 19:44
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no, becouse allez vite means shall soon |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 10-06-2012 19:49
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Allez doesn't mean shall. It means go. If you conjugate aller and follow it with an infinitive then you can use it as a future tense (eg. Je vais mourir - I'm going to die/I will die/ I shall die or Vous allez mourir - you're going to die/you will die/you shall die). However, on it's own, it means go (eg. Je vais - I go/I'm going or Vous allez - you go/you're going). In it's imperative formal form (eg. telling John Gadret to go) it is conjugated as allez. |
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| xmaniacxx |
Posted on 10-06-2012 19:51
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no your wroong, Allez litterly means shall |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 10-06-2012 19:54
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I really hope you're trolling. Because it would make me really sad to know someone was so unable to accept the truth. They'd be like an Armstrong fan. Or a Contador fan. Or... |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 10-06-2012 19:54
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xmaniacxx wrote:
no your wroong, Allez litterly means shall
No.
Sorry, can't make it any clearer.
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