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 * Les verbes: le passé composé avec avoir **

Le passé composé is the past tense in French. It translates to adding -ed onto the end of a verb in English. Le passé composé **always has two parts**, which makes it different from present tense and future tense. The first part is an auxilliary verb, which is usually avoir, and the second part is the verb you are conjugating with its past tense ending.

__L’auxiliare (avoir)__

J’ai  Tu as  Il a  Elle a  Nous avons  Vous avez  Ils ont  Elles ont

 __Le participe passé (the verb you are conjugating)__

For regular ER, IR, and RE verbs, take off the ER, IR, or RE, and add the past tense ending:

ER --> é  IR --> i <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> RE --> u

//<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> eg. parler //

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> J’ai parlé //(I talked)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Tu as parlé <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Il/Elle/On/Qui a parlé <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Nous avons parlé <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Vous avez parlé <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Ils/Elles ont parlé

//<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> eg. finir //

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> J’ai fini //(I finished)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Tu as fini <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Il/Elle/On/Qui a fini <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Nous avons fini <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Vous avez fini <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Ils/Elles ont fini

//<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> eg. vendre //

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> J’ai vendu //(I sold)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Tu as vendu <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Il/Elle/On/Qui a vendu <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Nous avons vendu <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Vous avez vendu <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Ils/Elles ont vendu

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Notice how each verb has two parts - avoir and the verb you are conjugating.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">__Les verbes irréguliers__

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Again, like present tense and future tense, there are many irregular verbs in the past tense that take avoir as their auxilliary verb. The avoir part remains the same, but the second part of the verb does not follow the above ER, IR, and RE rules. Here are the most common irregular avoir verbs in le passé composé grouped into families:

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">prendre = pris <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> comprendre = compris <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> apprendre = appris <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> surprendre = surpris

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">mettre = mis <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">promettre = promis <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">permettre = permis

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">dire = dit <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> écrire = écrit <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">faire = fait <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">lire = lu*

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> être = été

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> avoir = eu <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> voir = vu <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> savoir = su <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">devoir = dû <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> pouvoir = pu <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">vouloir = voulu* <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">connaître = connu* <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">recevoir = reçu* <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">boire = bu <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">courir = couru*

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">ouvrir = ouvert <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">couvrir = couvert <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">découvrir = découvert

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">rire = ri <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">sourire = souri <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">suivre = suivi

//<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> eg. être //

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> J’ai été //(I was)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Tu as été <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Il/Elle/On/Qui a été <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Nous avons été <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Vous avez été <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Ils/Elles ont été

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">__Negation__

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">To make verbs in le passé composé negative, use ne...pas **only around the avoir part, or the first verb**.

//<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">eg. voir //

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Je **n**'ai **pas** vu //(I did not see)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Tu **n**'as **pas** vu <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Il/Elle/On/Qui **n**'a **pas** vu <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Nous **n**'avons **pas** vu <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Vous **n**'avez **pas** vu <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Ils/Elles **n**'ont **pas** vu