Nous allons partir demain.

[frenchbu]

English Translation

We are going to leave tomorrow.

Isn’t the proper way to say “Nous Avons”?

[blogscot]

Hi @frenchbu,

If you’re going to do something you use aller in the present tense:

	present tense of aller	infinitive (example)	English
je	vais	regarder	I’m going to watch
tu	vas	manger	you’re going to eat
il/elle/on	va	faire	he/she/one is going to do
nous	allons	avoir	we’re going to have
vous	allez	vivre	you’re going to live
ils/elles	vont	aller	they’re going to go

You can read more about it here.

[jamesp999]

@frenchbu

Nous Avons”?

avons = avoir = passé composé, which doesn’t make sense here with the ‘demain’ context

[morbrorper]

And passé composé of partir uses être, not avoir.

[jamesp999]

Ahh, la maison d’être!

[frenchbu]

Merci for your answers! I understand the different tenses better now.