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Nous allons déménager à Paris.

Nous allons déménager à Paris.
We are going to move to Paris.
From Lesson 69:The near future (aller + infinitive)·French

Questions & Answers about Nous allons déménager à Paris.

How do we form the near future tense in this sentence?
To say you are "going to" do something, you use the conjugated form of aller (to go) plus the infinitive (unconjugated) form of the main verb. Here, nous allons means "we are going", and déménager is the infinitive "to move".
I thought "to move" was bouger. Why do we use déménager here?
Bouger means to physically move your body or move an object. When you are talking about relocating to a new house or city, you must use the specific verb déménager.
Why do we use à before Paris?
In French, you use the preposition à before the name of a city to mean "to", "in", or "at". You only use different prepositions, like en or au, for countries and regions.
Do I pronounce the "s" at the end of Nous?
Yes, because of a pronunciation rule called a liaison. Since Nous ends in an "s" and allons starts with a vowel, the "s" connects to the next word and makes a "z" sound. It sounds like "Noo-zah-lon".

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