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Est-ce que vous allez au Maroc ?

Est-ce que vous allez au Maroc ?
Are you going to Morocco?
From Lesson 34:Prepositions for cities and countries (à, en, au, aux)·French

Questions & Answers about Est-ce que vous allez au Maroc ?

Why is it au Maroc instead of à Maroc or en Maroc?
Because Maroc is a masculine country. In French, we use au (which is a blend of à and le) to say 'to' or 'in' before masculine countries that start with a consonant. If it were a feminine country, like France, you would use en (en France).
What exactly does Est-ce que mean here?
It doesn't translate word-for-word into English. Instead, placing Est-ce que at the very beginning of a sentence is a common way to turn a normal statement into a yes-or-no question. It changes vous allez (you are going) into 'are you going?'.
Where is the word for 'are' in 'are you going'?
French doesn't use a separate word for 'are' in this context. The single verb allez covers both 'go' and 'are going'. So, vous allez translates to both 'you go' and 'you are going'.
Could I use tu instead of vous for this question?
Yes! If you are asking a friend or someone you are close to, you would say Est-ce que tu vas au Maroc ?. You use vous allez here either because you are talking to more than one person, or you are speaking formally to one person.

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