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Review of Passé Composé

Review of Passé Composé. Français 2-4. I. Formation. Passé Composé is formed by using the present tense of avoir or être plus a past participle to indicate a single action that has happened in the past. Forms of Avoir. J’ai Nous avons Tu as Vous avez Il/Elle/On a Ils/Elles ont.

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Review of Passé Composé

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  1. Review of Passé Composé Français 2-4

  2. I. Formation • Passé Composé is formed by using the present tense of avoir or être plus a past participle to indicate a single action that has happened in the past.

  3. Forms of Avoir • J’ai Nous avons • Tu as Vous avez • Il/Elle/On a Ils/Elles ont

  4. Past Participle Formation • Step 1: Drop the last 2 letters from a REGULAR VERB, add the following endings: • er  é • ir  i • re  u

  5. Irregular Past Participles Used with Avoir • I • Rire (to laugh) – ri • Sourire (to smile) – souri • Suivre (to follow) – suivi • IS • mettre (to put, to wear) – mis • prendre (to take) – pris *other verbs that have mettre and prendre in them will follow the same pattern (permettre, apprendre, comprendre)

  6. Irregulars, cont’d • IT • Dire (to say, to tell) – dit • Écrire (to write) – écrit • Conduire (to drive) – conduit • Produire (to produce) - produit • ERT • Ouvrir (to open) – ouvert • Couvrir (to cover) – couvert • Découvrir (to discover) – découvert • Offrir – (to offer) – offert • Souffrir (to suffer) - souffert

  7. Irregulars, cont’d • U • Devoir (must) – dû • Avoir (to have) – eu • Boire (to drink) – bu • Lire (to read) – lu • Pouvoir (to be able to) – pu • Voir (to see) – vu • Croire (to believe) – cru • Connaître (to believe) – connu • Recevoir (to receive) – reçu • Vouloir – voulu • Falloir (to be necessary) – fallu • Courir (to run) – couru • Vivre (to live) - vécu

  8. Just plain Irregular: • Être – (to be) – été • Faire (to do; make) – fait

  9. être in Passé Composé • The verb être is only used in passé composé when you have a Vandertramp or reflexive (se) verb • Forms of être: • Je suis Nous sommes • Tu es Vous êtes • Il/elle/on est Ils/elles sont

  10. Dr. Mrs. Vandertramp • If you have a verb that is NOT on this list and is not reflexive (se verbs), then you will use avoir as the auxillary, not être. • *Devenir (to become) – devenu • *Revenir (to come back) – revenu • *Mourir (to die) – mort • Rester (to stay) • Sortir (to go out)

  11. Vandertramp, cont’d • *Venir (to come) – venu • Aller (to go) • *Naître (to be born) – né • Descendre (to go down) • Entrer (to enter) • Rentrer (to re-enter) • Tomber (to fall) • Retourner (to return) • Arriver (to arrive) • Monter (to climb) • Partir (to leave)

  12. Agreement Rules • You will add agreement in 2 ways with passé composé – a) if you are using être as the auxillary verb, and b) if you have a preceeding direct object with avoir. Masc. Fem. Sing. Plural

  13. Reflexives • Use reflexive pronoun and add être as auxillary, then follow basic passé composé rules and add agreement if necessary: • Je me suis_____ Nous nous sommes _____ • Tu t’es _____ Vous vous êtes _____ • Il/elle/on s’est ____ Ils/Elles se sont _______ *EX: Je me suis beaucoup amusé à la plage. Elle s’est levée tôt ce matin.

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