le passé composé the past preterit. le passé composé (pc) used to describe specific past events....

7
le passé composé the past preterit

Upload: derick-wood

Post on 24-Jan-2016

215 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Le passé composé the past preterit. Le passé composé (PC) Used to describe specific past events.  Example: I played; I did play; I have played A compound

le passé composé

the past preterit

Page 2: Le passé composé the past preterit. Le passé composé (PC) Used to describe specific past events.  Example: I played; I did play; I have played A compound

Le passé composé (PC)

Used to describe specific past events.Example: I played; I did play; I have played

A compound tense (2 parts to the verb)Helping Verb (HV)Past Participle (PP)

Page 3: Le passé composé the past preterit. Le passé composé (PC) Used to describe specific past events.  Example: I played; I did play; I have played A compound

The Helping Verb (HV)

For most verbs, the HV is avoir

j’ai nous avons

tu as vous avez

il/elle/on a ils/elles ont

Page 4: Le passé composé the past preterit. Le passé composé (PC) Used to describe specific past events.  Example: I played; I did play; I have played A compound

The Past Participle (PP)

To form the PP of regular verbs:Take off the infinitive endingAdd the PC ending

-er → -é jouer → joué

-ir → -i finir → fini

-re → -u vendre → vendu

Page 5: Le passé composé the past preterit. Le passé composé (PC) Used to describe specific past events.  Example: I played; I did play; I have played A compound

Example PC conjugation

j’ai vendu nous avons vendu

tu as vendu vous avez vendu

il/elle/on a vendu ils/elles ont vendu

The PP stays the same for the entire conjugation—only the HV changes!

Page 6: Le passé composé the past preterit. Le passé composé (PC) Used to describe specific past events.  Example: I played; I did play; I have played A compound

To form sentences in the PC

Subject + HV + PP (+rest of sentence)Examples:

Present Tense: Je mange → PC: J’ai mangé.

Present Tense: Nous choisissons le film. → PC: Nous avons choisi le film.

Page 7: Le passé composé the past preterit. Le passé composé (PC) Used to describe specific past events.  Example: I played; I did play; I have played A compound

PC in the negative form

The negative (ne…pas) will only go around the HVExample:

Je n’ai pas mangé.

Nous n’avons pas choisi le film.

Example PC conjugation in the negative form:

je n’ai pas vendu nous n’avons pas vendu

tu n’as pas vendu vous n’avez pas vendu

il/elle/on n’a pas vendu ils/elles n’ont pas vendu