I go to work ?

Question

How can “I cycle to work” become “I am going to work” (near future) by bike.   That would be if he is a courrier.  Shouldn’t it be « je vais au travaille » ?   And I thought that by bike would be à vélo.

Michael Marziani · Accepted Answer

I wrote "je vais au travail en vélo" and that was accepted.

Stuart Cook · Answer

Of course.  Au travail.  Not what I wrote. What I wrote was corrected with « je vais travailler en vélo »

Stuart Cook · Answer

Just checked WordReference.  « Aller travailler » is not near future but a fixed phrase that means the same as « aller au travail ».  Learned something.  :-)

Elizabeth Wagner · Answer

Hmmm. And why isn’t it ‘a velo

Michael Marziani · Answer

@Elizabeth, I found this article that claims the correct way per the Académie française is "à velo": http://www.astuceshebdo.com/2013/11/a-velo-ou-en-velo-academie-francaise.html

They note that in the current parlance, they both are acceptable, but "en vélo" is not strictly correct. Maybe someone else can confirm?

Ann Hill · Answer

The lesson cited says with bike one can say either en vélo or à vélo.

Francois Ngoy · Answer

Me I wrote "Je fais du vélo pour aller au travail", and sentence was marked as incorrect. Is this equivalet translation really incorrect?