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Le Passe Compose: The Past Tense: Onjugation With Avoir

The document provides information about conjugating verbs in the past tense (passé composé) in French. It explains that regular verbs are conjugated by dropping the infinitive ending and adding endings like "é" or "i", while irregular verbs have unique past participles. Verbs are also conjugated with either "avoir" or "être" as an auxiliary verb, with reflexive verbs and a list of irregular verbs conjugating with "être". Examples of irregular verb conjugations in the past tense are also provided.

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Le Passe Compose: The Past Tense: Onjugation With Avoir

The document provides information about conjugating verbs in the past tense (passé composé) in French. It explains that regular verbs are conjugated by dropping the infinitive ending and adding endings like "é" or "i", while irregular verbs have unique past participles. Verbs are also conjugated with either "avoir" or "être" as an auxiliary verb, with reflexive verbs and a list of irregular verbs conjugating with "être". Examples of irregular verb conjugations in the past tense are also provided.

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LE PASSE COMPOSE: 

THE PAST TENSE

CONJUGATION WITH AVOIR :


STRUCTURE : SUB.PRO. + AVOIR CONJ. + PAST PARTICIPLE
All the REGULAR verbs:
- with ‘ er ’ in the end are replaced with ‘é’ in the end.
- with ‘ ir ’ in the end are replaced with ‘ i ’ in the end.
- with ‘ re ’ in the end are replaced with ‘ u ’ in the end.
Present tense
étudier =J’étudie Past tense = J’ai étudié = I studied/have studied
Finir = je finis Past tense = J’ai fini = I finished/ I have finished
Nous avons fini = We finished/…
Attendre = il attend Past tense = Il a attendu = he waited/…

But some verbs are IRREGULAR, such as :


Verb Translation Past participle

avoir To have Eu
Il a eu

faire To do fait
Il a fait
J’ai fait
voir To see Vu
Ils ont vu

être To be été
j’ai été
tu as été
il /elle a été
Verb Translation Past participle

ouvrir To open ouvert


couvrir To cover couvert
découvrir To discover découvert
offrir To offer offert
souffrir To suffer souffert

boire To drink bu

connaître To know connu

courir To run couru

devoir Have to dû

dire To say dit

écrire To write écrit

lire To read lu

mettre To put mis

prendre To take pris


comprendre To understand compris

paraître To appear/seem paru


disparaître To disappear disparu

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Verb Translation Past participle

pouvoir To be able to pu

recevoir To receive reçu

rire To laugh ri

savoir To know su

tenir To hold tenu

suivre To follow suivi

vivre To live vecu

vouloir To want Voulu

Sentir To smell senti


Mentir To lie menti

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CONJUGATION WITH ÊTRE :
STRUCTURE : SUB.PRO. + ETRE CONJ. + PAST PARTICIPLE
*The accord is important*
There is a list of IRREGULAR verbs that go with the verb être.
All REFLEXIVE VERBS also go with the same verb.
DR MRS P. VANDERTRAMP - is an abbreviation used for the list of some irregular
verbs that go with être .

Verb Translation Past participle

Devenir to become devenu

Revenir to come back revenu

Monter to climb monté

Rester to stay resté

Sortir to leave  sorti

Passer to pass passé

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Venir to come venu

Aller to go  allé

Naître to be born né

Descendre to descend descendu

Entrer to enter entré

Rentrer to re-enter rentré

Tomber to fall tombé

Retourner to turn around retourné

Arriver to arrive arrivé

Mourir to die  mort

Partir to leave parti

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