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The PASSÉ COMPOSÉ is one of the most common French past tenses.

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The passé composé can express :

I. An action completed in the past * As-tu étudié ce weekend ? Did you study this weekend?

Ils ont déjà mangé. They have already eaten.

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The passé composé can express :

II. An action repeated a number of times in the past Oui, j'ai mangé cinq fois hier. Yes, I did eat five times yesterday. * Nous avons visité Paris plusieurs fois. We've visited Paris several times.

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III. A series of actions completed in the past *Quand je suis arrivé, j'ai vu les fleurs. When I arrived, I saw the flowers. * Samedi, il a vu sa mère, a parlé au médecin et a trouvé un chat. * Saturday he saw his mother, talked to the doctor, and found a cat.

The passé composé can express :

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The passé composé has three possible English equivalents. For example, j'ai dansé can mean 1. I danced (simple past) 2. I have danced (present perfect) 3. I did dance (past emphatic)

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In English the past participle is formed in several ways. It is the form of the verb that follows I have: I have spoken, I have written, I have walked. The past participle functions as the main verb in compound tenses with the auxiliary verb to have Ex. I have written all that I have to say. Ex. He hasn’t spoken to me today.

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In French the past participle/ le participe passé can be

regular or irregular.

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The pattern for the verbs in the PASSÉ COMPOSÉ is: sujet + helping verb = verb auxiliaire + past participle = participe passé S + VA + PP For some verbs, the conjugated form of avoir serves as the helping verb. CONJUGATION OF avoir + PARTICIPE PASSÉ For other verbs, the conjugated form of être serves as the helping verb. CONJUGATION OF être + PARTICIPE PASSÉ

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TO CONJUGATE some REGULAR –er VERBS IN THE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

Step 1 : Conjugez le verbe « avoir » j’ai nous avons tu as vous avez il/elle/ on a ils/elles ont

Step 2 : Coupez le –er de l’infinitif pour trouver la racine [ regarder – regard]

Step 3: Ajoutez la lettre é pour trouver le participe passé du verb regardé

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TO CONJUGATE some REGULAR –ir VERBS IN THE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

Step 1 : Conjugez le verbe « avoir » j’ai nous avons tu as vous avez il/elle/ on a ils/elles ont

Step 2 : Coupez le –ir de l’infinitif pour trouver la racine [ finir – fin ]

Step 3: Ajoutez la lettre i pour trouver le participe passé du verb fini

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TO CONJUGATE some REGULAR –re VERBS IN THE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

Step 1 : Conjugez le verbe « avoir » j’ai nous avons tu as vous avez il/elle/ on a ils/elles ont

Step 2 : Coupez le –re de l’infinitif pour trouver la racine [ vendre vend ]

Step 3: Ajoutez la lettre u pour trouver le participe passé du verb vendu

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le passé composéEvents in the past using the verb avoir as the helping verb followed by the past participle of the main verb.

• To form the past participle of -er verbs, drop the -er and add -é. visiter➞visité

• • To form the past participle of most -ir verbs, drop the -

ir and add -i. partir➞parti• • To form the past participle of most -re verbs, drop the -

re and add -u. attendre➞attendu

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Some verbs have irregular pas t participles like those on page 96

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While avoir is the most common helping verb, some verbs form their passé composé with the

helping verb être.

Étienne est sorti du bus. Étienne got off the bus.(helping verb) (past participle of sortir)

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TO CONJUGATE certain VERBS IN THE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

Step 1 : Conjugez le verbe « être» je suis nous sommes tu es vous êtes

il/elle/ on est ils/elles sont

Step 2 : Mettez le participe passé du verb (Il faut mémoriser les participes passés ! )

[ aller allé]

Step 3: Faites l’accord du genre et nombre

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Step 3. Add endings to make the gender and number agree with the subject of the verb. Verbs that use «être» as the helping verb must agree in gender and number with the subject in the passé composé.

Step 3Add endings to make le participe passé [the past participle]

agree with the subject in genre et nombre[gender and number]

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For which verbs do you need to use

être as the helping verb?

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THE MNEMONIC TO REMEMBER 17 VERBS THAT

TAKE ÊTRE AS THE HELPING VERB:

DR & MRS VAN DER TRAMPP

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INFINITIF [conjugation of être] PARTICIPE PASSÉ:

D descendre [conjugation of être] descendu/e/s/es R rentrer [conjugation of être] rentré/e/s/es M monter [conjugation of être] monté/e/s/es R rester [conjugation of être] resté/e/s/es S sortir [conjugation of être] sorti/e/s/es V venir [conjugation of être] venu/e/s/es A aller [conjugation of être] allé/e/s/es N naître [conjugation of être] né/e/s/es D devenir [conjugation of être] devenu/e/s/es E entrer [conjugation of être] entré/e/s/es R revenir [conjugation of être] revenu/e/s/es T tomber [conjugation of être] tombé/e/s/es R retourner [conjugation of être] retourné/e/s/es A arriver [conjugation of être] arrivé/e/s/es M mourir [conjugation of être] mort/e/s/es P partir [conjugation of être] parti/e/s/es P passer [conjugation of être] passé/e/s/es

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One very important thing to remember is that these are all

intransitive verbs of a certain kind of movement either, literal or figurative.

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went to theat thein the

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au présent: Je vais à New York.

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au passé composé: Il est allé à New York.

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au passé composé: Elle est allée à New York.

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au passé composé:

Ils sont allés à New York.

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au passé composé:

Elles sont allées à New York.

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à Paris.

Il est allé Elle est allée

Ils sont allés Elles sont allées