Pass é Compos é

1. Passé Composé The Past Tense

2. Le Passé Composé • The past tense is used to express an event that occurred in the past and is complete. • To do this in French you use: 1. The present tense conjugation of the helping or auxillary verb. a. this can be either avoir or etre 2. Add the past participle Note: the following examples are with avoir.

3. The Past Participle • The past participle is different for each group of verbs. a. For group 1 ‘er’ verbs: remove the ‘er’ and add é. Je parle - I speak J’ai parlé - I spoke

4. The Past Participle c. For group 2 ‘ir’ verbs: remove the ‘ir’ and add i. Je finis - I finish J’ai fini - I finished

5. The Past Participle b. For group 3 ‘re’ verbs: remove the ‘re’ and add u. J’attends - I am waiting J’ai attendu - I waited

6. The Past Participle • The irregular verbs also have irregular past participles. d. Here is a list of some of the irregular past participles: Avoir-eu Etre-été Pouvoir-pu Vouloir-voulu Comprendre-compris Prendre-pris Apprendre-appris Aller-allé(être) Faire-fait

7. Le Passé Composéwith être • Not all verbs use avoir as the helping or auxillary verb. • Verbs which show motion with a change in location use the verb être as the auxillary or helping verb. Je suis allé - I went

8. Le Passé Composéwith être • When être is used, the past participle agrees in number and gender with the subject or subject pronoun. • That means that if the subject is feminine, you add an ‘e’ to the past participle. • If the subject is plural, you add an ‘s’ to the past participle. • If the subject is feminine plural, you add an ‘es’ to the past participle. • Elle est allée She went Feminine • Ils sont allés They went Masculine plural • Elles sont allées They(girls) went Feminine plural