Past Tense (Simple Past):
* Aller: "to go" - "alla" (masculine), "alla" (feminine) - This is used when you are talking about a completed action in the past, similar to "went" in English.
Examples:
* Il est allé au magasin. (He went to the store.)
* Elle est allée à la plage. (She went to the beach.)
Other Tenses:
* Être allé: (to have gone) - "était allé" (masculine), "était allée" (feminine) - This is used in the past perfect tense, which refers to a past action that was completed before another past action.
* Aller: (to go) - "va" (present tense) - This is used when talking about an action that is happening now.
* Aller: (to go) - "ira" (future tense) - This is used when talking about an action that will happen in the future.
Example:
* Il était allé au cinéma avant de rentrer chez lui. (He had gone to the cinema before going home.)
It's important to remember the context and the tense you need when choosing the correct form of "went" in French.