Breakdown of Il est important que tout le monde aille vers l'issue pour évacuer calmement.
être
to be
pour
for
important
important
aller
to go
il
it (impersonal subject)
tout le monde
everybody
vers
towards
que
that (introducing a clause)
évacuer
to evacuate
calmement
calmly
l'issue
the exit (f)
Questions & Answers about Il est important que tout le monde aille vers l'issue pour évacuer calmement.
Why is aille used here instead of va?
The phrase Il est important que expresses a necessity or a judgment, which requires the following verb to be in the subjunctive mood. aille is the subjunctive form of aller (to go) for il/elle/on. aller has an irregular subjunctive stem that you just have to memorize!
tout le monde means everyone, so why is the verb aille singular rather than the plural aillent?
Even though tout le monde refers to multiple people, the phrase itself is grammatically singular in French (literally meaning all the world). It always takes the third-person singular verb conjugation.
Why does the sentence use vers l'issue instead of à l'issue?
Why use pour évacuer instead of just évacuer?
In French, to express the purpose of an action (in order to do something), you use the preposition pour followed by the infinitive form of the verb. Here, pour évacuer translates perfectly to in order to evacuate.
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