3.3.1 - Learn how to conjugate irreg. verbs in the passé composé

Question 1

What makes “know” an example of an irreg. past particle in English?

Answer 1

Know changes to knew, not knowed

Question 2

What does it mean if a french verb past participle is irreg?

Answer 2

It does not change to the reg past participle forms i.e (-re to u, -re to é, and -ir to i)

Question 3

What is the past particle for avoir (to have)

Answer 3

eu

Question 4

boire (to drink)

Answer 4

bu

Question 5

connaître (to know, as in “be familiar with”)

Answer 5

connu

Question 6

croire (to believe)

Answer 6

cru

Question 7

être (to be)

Answer 7

été

Question 8

faire (to do / to make)

Answer 8

fait

Question 9

lire (to read)

Answer 9

lu

Question 10

mettre (to put, to put on, to set)

Answer 10

mis

Question 11

pouvoir (to be able to / can)

Answer 11

pu

Question 12

prendre* (to take)

Answer 12

pris

Question 13

recevoir (to receive, to get)

Answer 13

reçu

Question 14

savoir (to know a fact or to know how)

Answer 14

su

Question 15

voir (to see)

Answer 15

vu

Question 16

vouloir (to want)

Answer 16

voulu

Question 17

*What would be the past participles for comprendre (to understand) and apprendre (to learn)?

Answer 17

compris,

appris

Question 18

How do you make a passé composé verb negative?

Answer 18

put ne… pas around the form of avoir

Question 19

In french, do the definite (le) forms change in the negative? If so, what do they change to?

Answer 19

No, the definite articles do not change.

Question 20

In french, do the indefinite (un, une) and partitive (de forms) articles change in the negative? If so, what do they change to?

Answer 20

Yes, the indefinite and partitive articles do change in the negative. They all change to “de.”