Le Passé Compossé Flashcards

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What are the two components of the passé compossé

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Auxillary verb and the past paritciple

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Name the three families and what their end letters transform into in the past tense

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er-é
ir-i
re-u

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What are the two auxillary verdbs

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Être and avoir

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What type of verbs do you use the verb être with (in english)

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Verbs of movement in relation to a building

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What is the sentence for the être verbs and what does each word stand for

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An elephant ran across some poor rabbit.

Aller-entrer-rentrer-arriver-sortir-partir-retourner

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What is an irregular verb

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An irregular verb is a verb that doesn’t follow any rules on conjugation

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Put this verb into the past tense and the English translation (irregular) être

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Été-been

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Put this verb into the past tense and the English translation (irregular) avoir

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Eu-had

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Put this verb into the past tense and the English translation (irregular) faire

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Fait-to do/make

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Put this verb into the past tense and the English translation (irregular) mettre

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Mis- put

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Put this verb into the past tense and the English translation (irregular) boire

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Bu -drank

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Put this verb into the past tense and the English translation (irregular) prendre

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Pris-took

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Put this verb into the past tense and the English translation (irregular) voir

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Vu- saw

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