Le Pass

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Le Passé Composé
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What is it?
The Passé Composé is used to write speak in the
past tense.
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FORMATION

• It is a compound tense, meaning it requires 2
  verbs!
• (Composé compounded, composed of 2 words)

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FORMATION

• SUBJECT
• HELPING VERB
• PAST PARTICIPLE
• S HV PP

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SUBJECTS

• JE
• TU
• IL/ELLE/ON
• NOUS
• VOUS
• ILS
• NAMES OF PEOPLE/ALL NOUNS

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HELPING VERBS

• PRESENT TENSE OF AVOIR
• (MOST VERBS)
• OR
• PRESENT TENSE OF ETRE
• (ONLY A SELECT FEW)

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CONJUGATE AVOIR at the bottom of the page

• J ai
• Tu as
• Il a
• Nous avons
• Vous avez
• Ils ont

JE TU IL NOUSVOUS ILS
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PAST PARTICIPLES

• To form the past participle you
• Take off the ending (er/ir/re)
• Add the following endings
• ER verbs é
• IR verbs i
• RE verbs u

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Add the Past Participle1. Jai travaill__
2. Tu as fini__ 3. Il a perd__
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MEANINGS

1. I worked OR I did work
2. You finished OR You did finish
3. He lost OR He did lose

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Negative Sentences

• NE (N) PAS did not (didnt)
• NE (N) JAMAIS never or never have
• The negative goes around the NE and PAS
• Je nai pas travaillé I did not work
• Je nai jamais parlé à Pierre
• I never spoke to Pierre.
• I have never spoken to Pierre.

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PAST WORDS

• Hier yesterday
• Hier matin yesterday morning
• Hier après-midi yesterday afternoon
• Hier soir last night
• (Lundi) dernier last (Monday)
• Le weekend dernier last weekend
• Le mois dernier last month
• La semaine dernière last week
• Lété dernier last summer
• Lannée dernière last year

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Il y a time frame AGO

• I l y a 5 minutes 5 minutes ago
• Il y a 2 heures 2 hours ago
• Il y a 3 jours 3 days ago
• Il y a une semaine a week ago
• Il y a deux mois 2 months ago
• Il y a 5 ans 5 years ago
• Il y a plusieurs jours several days ago

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Questions ADD to page 5

• Est-ce que S HV PP
• DID
• Est-ce que tu as perdu le match?
• Did you lose the game?

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Irregular Past Participles

• Many verbs in French have irregular past
  participles.
• Just like in English, you cannot just add ed to
  all verbs.

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English Irregulars

1. I eated breakfast this morning.
2. You runned on the track.
3. He sleeped in this weekend.
4. We swimmed in the pool.
5. They seed a great movie last night.

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English Irregulars

1. I ate breakfast this morning.
2. You ran on the track.
3. He slept in this weekend.
4. We swam in the pool.
5. They saw great movie last night.

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Irregular Past Participles
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
AVOIR EU HAD
ETRE ÉTÉ WAS
FAIRE FAIT DID/MADE
METTRE MIS PUT/SET
PRENDRE PRIS TOOK
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Irregular Past Participles
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
OUVRIR OUVERT OPENED
OFFRIR OFFERT OFFERED
VIVRE VÉCU LIVED
NAITRE NÉ WAS BORN
MOURIR MORT DIED
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Irregular Past Participles
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
BOIRE BU DRANK
VOIR VU SAW
SAVOIR SU KNEW
CONNAITRE CONNU KNEW
POUVOIR PU WAS ABLE
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Irregular Past Participles
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
DEVOIR DU HAD TO
VOULOIR VOULU WANTED
LIRE LU READ
ECRIRE ÉCRIT WROTE
DIRE DIT SAID
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Irregular Past Participles
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
RECEVOIR REÇU GOT
VENIR VENU CAME
REVENIR REVENU CAME BACK
DEVENIR DEVENU BECAME

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More Irregulars to ADD

• APPRENDRE TO LEARN APPRIS
• (like prendre)
• COMPRENDRE TO UNDERSTAND
• (like prendre) COMPRIS
• PROMETTRE to allow/permit
• (like mettre) PROMIS

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ÊTRE VERBS

• Some verbs in French require ÊTRE as the Helping
  Verb.
• These verbs are sometimes called coming and
  going verbs
• DR MRS VANDERTRAMP

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Bell Work Identify the verbs

• 1. su 6. dû
• 2. pu 7. dit
• 3. lu 8. mis
• 4. vu 9. voulu
• 5. bu 10. venu

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Être

• JE SUIS NOUS SOMMES
• TU ES VOUS ÊTES
• IL EST ILS SONT

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ÊTRE VERBS
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
Descendre déscendu went down/ descended
Rentrer rentré came home
Monter monté went up
Rester resté stayed
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ÊTRE VERBS
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
Sortir sorti went out
Venir venu came
Arriver arrivé arrived
Naïtre né was born
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ÊTRE VERBS
VERB PAST PART. MEANING
Devenir devenu became
Entrer entré entered
Revenir revenu came back
Tomber tombé fell
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VERB PAST PART. MEANING
Retourner retourné returned
Aller allé went
Mourir mort died
Partir Parti left
(P)asser passé passed by/through
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PASSER

• Takes AVOIR or ÊTRE
• Takes ÊTRE when it means to pass by.
• - Je suis passé(e) par la porte.
• - I passed by the door.
• Takes AVOIR when it means to take or spend some
  time.
• - Jai passé mon examen. Jai passé un an à
  Paris
• - I took my test. I spent a year in Paris.

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AGREEMENT

• When ÊTRE is used as the Helping Verb AGREEMENT
  has to be made with the Past Participles

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AGREEMENT depends

• Must agree in and gender!
• Masc. Singular DO NOTHING
• Fem. Singular add an extra E (elle, je)
• Elle est sortie
• Masc. Plural add an S (ils, vous, nous)
• Ils sont sortis
• Fem. Plural add an ES (elles, nous,vous)
• Elles sont sorties

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Conjugate using être as the HV

1. Il _______ (aller)
2. Elle _____ (descendre)
3. Nous ______ (revenir)
4. Je _______ (arriver)
5. Elles _______ (monter)
6. Ils _______ (partir)

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Conjugate using être as the HV

1. Il est allé
2. Elle est descendue
3. Nous sommes revenus(es)
4. Je suis arrivé(e)
5. Elles sont montées
6. Ils sont partis

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Donnez-moi Cinq

• 5 rules
• of the
• Passé Composé