OF 13 A 9 Formation du passé composé Flashcards
The passé compossé is formed by adding a past
participle to an auxiliary verb (avoir or être) in the present tense
Avoir
j’ai mangé, tu as, il a, nous avons, vous avez, ils ont
être
je suis tombé(e), tu es , il est, nous sommes, vous êtes, ils sont
être verbs of motion
arriver - to arrive to happen
passer - to pass (by) , to get through
partir -to leave, to go (off), to depart, to proceed
rester - to remain, to stay
aller - to go, to be going
venir - to come
entrer - to enter
retorner - to return , to go back
sortir - to go out
monter - to go up, to board, to rise
naître - to be born
mourir - to die (from)
descendre - to be descended from,to go down
tomber - to fall, to fall down, to drop, to subside, to fail
with être the past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject
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