Learn French: Vous allez fêter son anniversaire où ? - Where are you going to celebrate his birthday?

Vous allez fêter son anniversaire où ?

Where are you going to celebrate his birthday?

Breakdown of Vous allez fêter son anniversaire où ?

his/her/its (son, sa, ses)

aller

to go

Questions & Answers about Vous allez fêter son anniversaire où ?

How do we form the near future tense in this sentence?

We use the futur proche (near future). Just like in English, you conjugate the verb aller (to go) and add the infinitive (unconjugated) action verb. Here, allez is the conjugated form for vous, and fêter (to celebrate) is the infinitive.

The translation says his birthday. Could son anniversaire also mean her birthday?

Yes! In French, possessive words like son agree with the gender of the noun that is owned, not the person who owns it. Since anniversaire is a masculine word, we use son whether it is his birthday or her birthday. The broader context of the conversation tells you which one it is.

Why is the question word où at the very end of the sentence?

In everyday spoken French, it is very common to leave the question word at the end of the sentence instead of moving it to the front. You could also ask Où est-ce que vous allez fêter son anniversaire ? but putting où at the end is simpler and very natural in casual conversations.

Do I pronounce the s at the end of Vous?

Yes, because of a pronunciation rule called liaison. Since Vous ends in an s and allez starts with a vowel, you link them together when speaking. The s is pronounced like a z, making the two words sound like Vou-zallez.