Passe Compose With Etre Flashcards
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs
Use the helping verb etre in the passé compose: usually placed before the form of etre
Passé compose with etre
Mostly verbs with emotion
When the helping verb is etre the past participle agrees in gender and in # with the subject
Melani est rentree tot
How to negate a reflexive or reciprocal verb in the passé compose
Place the ne…. Pas ( ne jamais, etc.)
Around the pronoun and the helping verb
Je ne (me suis) pas rappele (son mon)
Verbs that take etre in the passé compose
The past participle usually….
Agreed in gender and # with the subjects
Elle (s’est) (Habille) rapidement
When a Verbs followed by a direct object
The past participle does not agree with the subject
Elle s’est lave les cheveux
Lave is past participle hair is direct object
What is a direct object ?
Follows a transitive verb( action verb)
Can be nouns pro nouns phrases or clauses
Subject+verb+ what or who?= direct object
Zippy (subject) player( verb) soccer ( direct object)
Some reciprocal verbs take indirect rather than direct objects. In this case the ….
Past participle does not agree Ex: S'ecrie Se dire Se telephoner Se Parler Se demander Se sourire