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Understanding Passé Composé in French

The document discusses the formation of the past tense in French called the passé composé. It explains that the passé composé corresponds to the English present perfect tense. It is formed using an auxiliary verb, typically avoir or être, and the past participle of the main verb. Regular past participles are formed by dropping the infinitive ending and adding é, i, or u depending on the verb type. Many irregular verbs also have unique past participle forms that must be memorized. Examples of uses of the passé composé with both avoir and être are provided.

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Understanding Passé Composé in French

The document discusses the formation of the past tense in French called the passé composé. It explains that the passé composé corresponds to the English present perfect tense. It is formed using an auxiliary verb, typically avoir or être, and the past participle of the main verb. Regular past participles are formed by dropping the infinitive ending and adding é, i, or u depending on the verb type. Many irregular verbs also have unique past participle forms that must be memorized. Examples of uses of the passé composé with both avoir and être are provided.

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Pass Compos Pass compos corresponds to the English present perfect, Pass Compos is formed using an auxiliary verb

(helping verb) and the past participle (3rd form) of a verb. The auxiliary verb is typically avoir ("to have"), BUT sometimes tre ("to be"). To form the past participle for -ER verbs, drop the -er and add -. parler (to speak) - er + = parl (spoken) aller (to go) - er + = all (gone) arriver (to arrive) - er + = arriv (arrived) To form the past participle for regular -IR verbs, drop the -ir and add -i. finir (to finish) - ir + i = fini (finished) choisir (to choose) - ir + i = choisi (chosen) sortir (to go out) - ir + i = sorti (gone out)

To form the past participle for regular -RE verbs, drop the -re and add -u. vendre (to sell) - re + u = vendu (sold) fondre (to melt) - re + u = fondu (melted) descendre (to descend) -re + u = descendu (descended) Many irregular past participles must be memorized separately, for example: acqurir: apprendre: atteindre: avoir: boire: comprendre: conduire: connatre: construire: courir: acquis appris atteint eu bu compris conduit connu construit couru (acquired) (learnt/learned) (attended) (had) (drunk/drunken) (understood) (driven) (known) (constructed) (run)

couvrir: craindre: croire: dcevoir: dcouvrir: devoir: dire: crire: tre: faire: instruire: joindre: lire: mettre: mourir: offrir: ouvrir: natre: paratre: peindre:

couvert craint cru du dcouvert d dit crit t fait instruit joint lu mis mort offert ouvert n paru peint

(covered) (feared) (believed) (disappointed) (discovered) (had to) (said) (written) (been) (done, made) (prepared) (joined) (read) (put, placed) (died) (offered) (opened) (born) (come out) (painted)

pouvoir: prendre: produire: recevoir: savoir: surprendre: souffrir: suivre: tenir: venir: vivre: voir: vouloir:

pu pris produit reu su surpris souffert suivi tenu venu vcu vu voulu

(been able to) (taken) (produced) (received) (known) (surprised) (hurt) (followed) (held, holden) (come) (lived) (seen) (wanted)

Examples : Jai acquis le diplme. 2. Elle a parl franais. 3. Il a vcu Paris. 4. Le chien a suivi lhomme. Nous avons fait le travail.
1. 5.

PASSE COMPOSE AVEC TR The following is a list of verbs which use tre as their auxiliary verbs in Pass Compos: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. devenir to become devenu revenir to come back revenu monter to climb mont rester to stay rest sortir to exit sorti venir to come venu aller to go all natre to be born n demeurer to abide demeur descendre to descend descendu entrer to enter entr retourner to return retourn tomber to fall tomb rentrer- to re-enter- rentr arriver to arrive arriv mourir to die mort

17. partir to leave parti 18. passer to pass by pass 19. dcder - to decease Examples : 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Il est devenu ingenieur. Je suis all a linstitut. Elle est venue dix heures. Je suis n(e) en 1985. Le train est arriv 22h 30.

DO NOT FORGET TO ACCORD THE PARTICIPE PASSE AVEC tre Always remember to Comprehend and Pronounce while writing exercises. HAPPY LEARNING !

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