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Title: Le pass


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Le passé composé
  • (the perfect tense)

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The perfect tense Le passécomposé
  • In French you use the perfect tense (le passé
    composé) to say what you have done in the past.
  • The passé composé is usually formed by using the
    present tense of
  • avoir and the
  • past participle of the verb, just as in English

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Par exemple
  • Jai joué I have played
  • Nous avons gagné We have won
  • Elle a dormi She has slept
  • Tu as répondu You have replied

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LAuxiliaire (Auxiliary verb)
  • J ai
  • Tu as
  • Il a
  • Elle a
  • Nous avons
  • Vous avez
  • Ils ont
  • Elles ont

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Participe Passe (Past participle)
  • REGULAR PAST PARTICIPLES

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ER VERBS
  • To form the past participle of regular er
    verbs, take the -er off the infinitive and
    add é
  • Ex
  • Parler - parlé
  • Chanter - chanté

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IR VERBS
  • To form the past participle of regular ir verbs,
    take the ir off the infinitive and add i
  • Ex
  • Finir - fini
  • Choisir - choisi

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RE VERBS
  • To form the past participle of regular re
    verbs, take the -re off the infinitive and
    add u
  • Ex
  • Vendre vendu
  • Defendre - defendu

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Some verbs form the passé composé use the
auxiliary verb AVOIR, but haveirregular past
participles.
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Irregular past participles
  • Avoir Eu
  • Boire Bu
  • Lire Lu
  • Voir Vu
  • Être Été
  • Ouvrir Ouvert
  • Découvrir Découvert

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  • Dire Dit
  • Écrire Écrit
  • Faire Fait
  • Croire cru
  • Devoir Dû
  • Savoir Su

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  • Prendre pris
  • Apprendre appris
  • Comprendre compris
  • Mettre mis
  • Offrir offert
  • Recevoir réçu
  • Courir couru

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Negative sentences
  • To make a sentence negative, use nepas.
  • Put ne before the conjugated verb (the
    auxiliary verb).
  • Remember to use n before a vowel.
  • Put pas after the conjugated verb (the
    auxiliary verb).
  • Jai parlé.
  • Je nai pas parlé.
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