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L'enfant va aux toilettes.

L'enfant va aux toilettes.
The child is going to the restroom.
From Lesson 32:The preposition to/at (à, au, aux)·French

Questions & Answers about L'enfant va aux toilettes.

Why do we use aux here instead of just à?
Aux is a mandatory contraction. When the preposition à (to/at) is followed by the plural word for "the" (les), they blend together to form aux. Since toilettes is plural, we use les, resulting in à + les = aux.
Why is toilettes plural if the English translation says "the restroom" (singular)?
In French, the word for restroom or toilet is almost always used in the plural form: les toilettes. Even when referring to a single physical bathroom, you still treat it as a plural word, which is why it requires the plural contraction aux.
Which verb does va come from?
Va is the "he/she/it" form of the verb aller (to go). It is a highly irregular verb, meaning its conjugations don't follow normal spelling patterns. Here it matches our singular subject, l'enfant.
Does l'enfant refer to a boy or a girl?
It could be either! The French words for "the" (le for masculine, la for feminine) both drop their vowel and become l' when the next word starts with a vowel sound. Because enfant starts with an "e", both a boy child and a girl child are written as l'enfant.

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