Learn French: Je vais au concert ce soir. - I am going to the concert tonight.

Je vais au concert ce soir.

I am going to the concert tonight.

Breakdown of Je vais au concert ce soir.

to the / at the (masculine singular)

Questions & Answers about Je vais au concert ce soir.

Why is the verb vais instead of something that looks like aller?

Aller (to go) is a highly irregular verb. For je (I), the correct form is vais. It doesn't follow the normal rules, so you just have to memorize it! Also, remember that je vais translates to both "I go" and "I am going" in English.

Why does it say au concert instead of à le concert?

In French, you can never say à le. When the preposition à (to/at) meets the masculine word le (the), they always combine to form the single word au. Since concert is masculine, we must say au concert.

Why is "tonight" translated as ce soir?

Ce means "this" and soir means "evening". French doesn't have a single word for "tonight"; instead, they literally say "this evening" (ce soir).

Can the present tense je vais be used to talk about the future like this?

Yes! Just like in English ("I am going to the concert tonight"), you can use the present tense of aller with a time word like ce soir to talk about a planned event in the near future.