past tense Flashcards
what order do you put a past tense sentence
- the subject (je, tu, il, etc.)
- part of avoir
- past participle (ending to verb)
list the ways of saying avoir according to the subject (all verbs follows these rules but irregular verbs)
je- ai tu- as il/elle- a nous- avons vous- avez ils/elles- ont
what are the irregular verbs
faire, prendre, mettre, boire, voir, lire
faire turns into
fait
prendre turns into
pris
mettre turns into
mis
boire turns into
bu
voir turns into
vu
lire turns into
lu
faire in the past tense means
done/did
prendre in the past tense means
taken/took
mettre in the past tense means
put/put on
lire in the past tense means
read
boire in the past tense means
drank/drunk
voir in the past tense means
saw/seen
when using the verb aller(to go) in the past tense you don’t say j’ai allé but say
je suis allé
aller (and resté) doesn’t use avoir in past tense but uses … but the rest of the rules stay the same
être
the rules for être with avoir in past tense are..
je- suis tu-es il/elle- est nous- sommes vous- êtes ils/elles- sont
fem singular of aller is
allée
masc singular of aller
allé
masc pl of aller
allés
fem pl of aller
allées
mixed pl of aller
allés
past particle endings for -er,-ir and -re verbs
- er - é
- ir - i
- re - u