PASSÉ COMPOSÉ WITH AVOIR
THE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ WITH AVOIR
HOW TO CONJUGATE “LE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ W/ AVOIR”
The PASSÉ COMPOSÉ (or compound past) is the most common past tense used to mention events that took place in the past (narrative mode for those of you who know a little bit about linguistics).
Let’s look into how to form this tricky tense! As its name indicates it, it is a compound tense, made of two elements! So whenever you think passé composé, think two! A pair! A couple! Lovebirds! Whatever helps you remember!
1. HOW TO FORM THE PASSÉ COMPOSÉ WITH “AVOIR”
In most cases, verbs conjugated in the passé composé are going to be made of:
AVOIR IN THE PRESENT TENSE + THE PAST PARTICIPLE OF THE CONJUGATED VERB
– AUXILIARY AVOIR: If you don’t know how to conjugate the verb avoir in the present tense, click here !
– FRENCH PAST PARTICIPLES: And to learn how to form the past participle of a verb, click here!
Ok, now you finally have all the elements to form the PASSÉ COMPOSÉ! Here are examples of conjugated verbs:
PARLER CHOISIR VOULOIR
J’ai parlé J’ai choisi J’ai voulu
Tu as parlé Tu as choisi Tu as voulu
Il/Elle/On a parlé Il/Elle/On a choisi Il/Elle/On a voulu
Nous avons parlé Nous avons choisi Nous avons voulu
Vous avez parlé Vous avez choisi Vous avez voulu
Ils/Elles ont parlé Ils/Elles ont choisi Ils/Elles ont voulu
Got it? Great, you’ve learned half the lesson on the compound tense since there is a list of verbs that are gonna be conjugated with ÊTRE instead of AVOIR… I know, never easy! Hang in there and practice this first part of the lesson until you’re ready for the second part! Good luck!
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