Passé Composé With être

Question 1

What do passé composé with être express? Do they agree with the subject in gender and number?

Answer 1

The passé composé of a limited group of verbs is formed with the auxiliary être; many of these verbs express change of position or state.

In the passé composé with être, the past participle always agrees with the subject in gender and number. As with adjectives, add an -e for the femi- nine and an -s for the plural forms.

Most indicate a change of position like monter (to climb) and tomber (to fall) or a state of being like devenir (to become) and rester (to remain). It helps to learn the être verbs as pairs or groupings.

Question 2

Passé composé of aller
Je
Tu
Il/on
Elle
Nous
Vous
Ils
Elles

Answer 2

Je suis allé(e)
Tu es allé(e)
Il/on est allé
Elle est allée
Nous sommes allé(e)s
Vous êtes allé(e)(s)
Ils sont allés
Elles sont allées

Question 3

passé composé with être

Aller

Answer 3

Allé(e)(s)

Question 4

passé composé with être

Partir

Answer 4

Parti(e)(s)

Question 5

passé composé with être

Rester

Answer 5

Resté(e)(s)

Question 6

passé composé with être

Sortir

Answer 6

Sorti(e)(s)

Question 7

passé composé with être

Venir

Answer 7

Venu(e)(s)

Question 8

passé composé with être

Descendre

Answer 8

Descendu(e)(s)

Question 9

passé composé with être

Monter

Answer 9

Monté(e)(s)

Question 10

passé composé with être

Tomber

Answer 10

Tombé(e)(s)

Question 11

passé composé with être

Arriver

Answer 11

Arrivé(e)(s)

Question 12

passé composé with être

Entrer

Answer 12

Entré(e)(s)

Question 13

passé composé with être

Rentrer

Answer 13

Rentré(e)(s)

Question 14

passé composé with être

Retourner

Answer 14

Retourné(e)(s)

Question 15

passé composé with être

Revenir

Answer 15

Revenu(e)(s)

Question 16

passé composé with être

Devenir

Answer 16

Devenu(e)(s)

Question 17

passé composé with être

Mourir

Answer 17

Mort(e)(s)

Question 18

passé composé with être

Naître

Answer 18

Né(e)(s)

Question 19

How are être and avoir conjugated in past participle?

Answer 19

Remember that the verbs être (past participle: été) and avoir (past participle: eu) are both always conjugated with the auxiliary avoir.

• Tu as été au supermarché? (Did you go to the supermarket?)
• Bruno a eu une excellente idée. (Bruno got a great idea.)

Question 20

passé composé with object pronouns?

Answer 20

Direct and indirect object pronouns are placed before the auxiliary in the passé composé.

• J’ai lu cet article. Je l’ai lu. (I read that article. I read it.)
• Tu aimes ce film-là? (Do you like that movie?)
• L’avez-vous vu? Did you see it?
• Tu as vu Anny? On ne lui a pas parlé. (Did you see Anny? We didn’t speak to her.)

Question 21

What is the agreement of object pronouns with past participle

Answer 21

In the passé composé with avoir, a direct object preceding the conjugated verb agrees in gender and number with the past participle of that verb. Add -e or -s to the past participle as needed. (This agreement is always seen in spelling but is often not heard.)

• Tu as acheté ces livres? Tu les a achetés? (You bought those books? You bought them?)
• J’ai pris tes chaussures. Je les ai prises. (I took your shoes. I took them.)
• Marielle a choisi cette école. Elle l’a choisie. (Marielle chose this school. She chose it.)

Question 22

How does past participle agree with indirect object pronoun and en?

Answer 22

However, the past participle does not agree with a preceding indirect object pronoun, and there is no agreement with the partitive pronoun en.

• On n’a pas écrit aux parents. On ne leur a pas écrit. (We didn’t write to our parents. We didn’t write to them.)
• J’ai mangé des légumes. J’en ai mangé. (I ate some vegetables. I ate some.)

Question 23

Do Past participles of verbs conjugated with être agree with the subject of the verb?

Answer 23

Past participles of verbs conjugated with être always agree with the sub- ject of the verb; this includes sentences with the pronoun y.

Suzanne et sa sœur sont parties ce matin. (Suzanne and her sister
left this morning.)

Non, nous ne sommes pas nées à Bruxelles. Nous n’y sommes pas nées. (No, we weren’t born in Brussels. We weren’t born there.)

Nos amis sont entrés dans le théâtre. Ils y sont entrés. (Our friends entered the theater. They entered it.)

Question 24

How does passé composé apply with relative clauses?

Answer 24

The rules of agreement also apply within relative clauses in the passé composé.

*Les spectateurs qui sont arrivés tôt attendent dans le foyer.
(qui 􏰀 être verb)
(The audience members who arrived early are waiting in the lobby.)

*Les personnes que j’ai invitées
bringing
apportent du vin. (que, replacing les personnes, as preceding direct object)
(The people (whom) I invited are wine.)

Question 25

The passé composé of pronominal verbs

Answer 25

All pronominal verbs are conjugated with être in the passé composé. In general, the past participle of a pronominal verb agrees in gender and num- ber with its reflexive pronoun, and therefore with the subject of the verb.
Note the use of avoir (non-pronominal) or être (pronominal) as the aux- iliary verbs in the following examples:

• Elle a levé les rideaux. (She raised the curtains)
• Hier, elle s’est levée vers six heures. (Yesterday, she got up at about 6 AM)
• Nous avons rencontré Éric ce matin. (We met Éric this morning)
• Nous nous sommes rencontrés à Paris. (We ran into each other in Paris)
• Tu as déjà parlé avec Sylvain?Oui, on s’est parlé(s) hier. (Did you already speak with Sylvain? Yes we spoke with each other yesterday)
• Yvonne s’est regardée dans la glace. (Yvonne looked at herself in the mirror.)

Question 26

Which past participle always take à + an indirect object?

Answer 26

The past participle does not agree if the verb takes an indirect object. The following verbs (téléphoner, parler, poser des questions) always take à 􏰀 an indirect object.

• Ils se sont téléphoné. (They phone each other.)
• Elles se sont parlé. (They spoke to each other.)
• Nous nous sommes posé des questions. (We asked each other some questions.)

Question 27

Th past participle does not agree when the ____ is followed by a _____, usually a part of the ______.

Answer 27

In addition, the past participle does not agree when the verb is followed by a direct object noun, usually a part of the body.
In the following first example, the reflexive pronoun s’ (referring to Hélène) is the direct object of the verb laver, and there is agreement. In the second example, les mains (following laver) is the direct object of the verb, while the pronoun s’ serves as the indirect object (à Hélène). Thus there is no agreement.

• Hélène s’est lavée. (Hélène washed up (washed herself).)
• Hélène s’est lavé les mains. (Hélène washed her hands.)
• Nous nous sommes brossé les dents. (We brushed our teeth.)
• Anne et Marie se sont lavé les cheveux. (Anne and Marie washed their hair.)