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Est-ce que vous allez à la mer demain ?

Est-ce que vous allez à la mer demain ?
Are you going to the sea tomorrow?
From Lesson 31:The verb to go (aller)·French

Questions & Answers about Est-ce que vous allez à la mer demain ?

Why is the verb allez used here?
Allez is the present tense form of the verb aller (to go) that matches the subject vous (you). Depending on the context, it translates to "you go" or "you are going".
What is the purpose of Est-ce que at the beginning of the sentence?
Est-ce que is a very common way to turn a statement into a yes-or-no question in French. Literally, it means "is it that," but you can just think of it as a question marker. The statement vous allez (you are going) becomes the question Est-ce que vous allez (are you going).
Why is it à la mer instead of au mer?
The word mer (sea) is a feminine noun. When saying "to the" in French, you use à la before feminine nouns. If the destination were a masculine noun, like parc (park), you would combine à and le to make au.
The sentence is about demain (tomorrow). Why are we using the present tense allez?
Just like in English, where we can say "Are you going tomorrow?", French often uses the present tense to talk about a firmly planned event in the near future. The word demain makes it clear when the action is happening.
How is vous allez pronounced together?
Because vous normally ends in a silent 's' but allez starts with a vowel, you connect the two words when speaking. This connection is called a liaison. The 's' takes on a 'z' sound, making the phrase sound like "voo-zah-lay".

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