"You are going to go?"

Translation: Tu vas partir ?

[curiousnikki]

Can someone tell me why the Y is necessary when using aller? I thought that would say "you are going to go there" ??

[Sitesurf]

Verb aller is generally not used by itself but with à + destination, even if only hinted by "y".

[patjm34]

So I thought this was determined by whether or not it was an intransitive verb. But both verbs are intransitive....

How do you know what requires "y" or "en"?

[Sitesurf]

"Y" is used with verbs constructed with preposition "à"

• tu vas à la piscine ? oui, j'y vais

"En" is used with verbs constructed with preposition "de"

• tu reviens de la piscine ? oui, j'en reviens

[lilmoose17]

After years of studying French en and y never made complete sense to me until now...wonder why nobody bothered to make it so simple in the past...

[czvezda]

Is Est-ce que tu vas partir wrong ?

[Sitesurf]

It is not wrong, except that it is not from the same register.

strictly speaking, "est-ce que tu vas partir ?" = "are you going to leave?"

[ilikeminds]

Since when is "allez-vous?" not an acceptable way to shorthand a question? Seriously, what's up with that.

[Sitesurf]

Since verb "aller" cannot be used by itself, ie without a hint of "where to"...

[ilikeminds]

Ah, right, of course. So "Ou allez-vous?' is okay, but not without the preposition. Thanks