Pluperfect tense Flashcards by christine collins

What is the past participle for the verb?

donner (to give)

donné

For -er verbs, you replace the -er at the end of the infinitive with é

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What is the past participle for the verb?

tomber (to fall)

tombé

For -er verbs, you replace the -er at the end of the infinitive with é

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What is the past participle for the verb?

finir (to finish)

fini

For -ir verbs, you replace the -ir at the end of the infinitive with i

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What is the past participle for the verb?

partir (to leave)

parti

For -ir verbs, you replace the -ir at the end of the infinitive with i

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What is the past participle for the verb?

attendre (to wait)

attendu

For -re verbs, you replace the -re at the end of the infinitive with u

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What is the past participle for the verb?

descendre (to go down)

descendu

For -re verbs, you replace the -re at the end of the infinitive with u

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What is the past participle for the verb?

avoir (to have)

Some past participles are irregular

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What is the past participle for the verb?

devoir (to have to)

dû

Some past participles are irregular

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What is the past participle for the verb?

dire (to say)

dit

Some past participles are irregular

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What is the past participle for the verb?

être (to be)

été

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What is the past participle for the verb?

faire (to do)

fait

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What is the past participle for the verb?

mettre (to put)

mis

Some past participles are irregular

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What is the past participle for the verb?

pouvoir (to be able)

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What is the past participle for the verb?

prendre (to take)

pris

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What is the past participle for the verb?

savoir (to know)

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What is the past participle for the verb?

tenir (to hold)

tenu

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What is the past participle for the verb?

venir (to come)

venu

Some past participles are irregular

What is the past participle for the verb?

voir (to see)

Some past participles are irregular

What is the past participle for the verb?

vouloir (to want)

voulu

Some past participles are irregular

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I had given

J’avais donné

Most verbs form the pluperfect tense using avoir conjugated (imp) + pp

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You had given (familiar)

Tu avais donné

Most verbs form the pluperfect tense using avoir conjugated (imp) + pp

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He had given

Il avait donné

Most verbs form the pluperfect tense using avoir conjugated (imp) + pp

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We had given

Nous avions donné

Most verbs form the pluperfect tense using avoir conjugated (imp) + pp

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You (polite, plural) had given

Vous aviez donné

Most verbs form the pluperfect tense using avoir conjugated (imp) + pp

# Translate to French They had given

* Ils avaient donné * Elles avaient donné | Most verbs form the pluperfect tense using avoir conjugated (imp) + pp

# Translate to French She had given Claude her phone number.

Elle avait donné à Claude son numéro de téléphone. | Most verbs form the pluperfect tense using avoir conjugated (imp) + pp

# Translate to French He had bought a computer.

Il avait acheté un ordinateur. | Most verbs form the pluperfect tense using avoir conjugated (imp) + pp

# Translate to French I had not watched TV yesterday

Je n'avais pas regardé la télé hier | The -ve construct, ne ... pas goes around the auxiliary part of the verb

# Translate to French I had gone to the football match yesterday.

J'étais allé au match de football hier. | Verbs that talk about movement or change use être as the auxiliary verb

# Translate to French He had gone out to buy a newspaper.

Il était sorti acheter un journal. | Verbs that talk about movement or change use être as the auxiliary verb

# Translate to French Which station had you get off at?

À quelle gare étais-tu descendu ? | Verbs that talk about movement or change use être as the auxiliary verb

# Translate to French I had fallen

* J'étais tombé (masc) * J'étais tombée (feminine) | When a verb takes **être**, the pp agrees with the subject of the verb

# Translate to French You had fallen (familiar)

* Tu étais tombé (masc) * Tu étais tombée (feminine) | When a verb takes **être**, the pp agrees with the subject of the verb

# Translate to French He had fallen

Il était tombé | When a verb takes **être**, the pp agrees with the subject of the verb

# Translate to French She had fallen

Elle était tombée | When a verb takes **être**, the pp agrees with the subject of the verb

# Translate to French We had fallen

* Nous étions tombés (masc) * Nous étions tombées (feminine) | When a verb takes **être**, the pp agrees with the subject of the verb

# Translate to French You (polite, plural) had fallen

* Vous étiez tombé (masc singular) * Vous étiez tombée (feminine singular) * Vous étiez tombés (masc plural) * Vous étiez tombées (feminine plural) | When a verb takes **être**, the pp agrees with the subject of the verb

# Translate to French They had fallen

* Ils étaient tombés (masc plural) * Elles étaient tombées (feminine plural) | When a verb takes **être**, the pp agrees with the subject of the verb

# Translate to French Marcel and Marie had fallen in love

Marcel et Marie étaient tombés amoureux | The subj of the sentence is masc + fem, the pp has a masc plural ending

# Translate to French I had washed myself

* Je m'étais lavé (masc) * Je m'étais lavée (feminine) | When a verb takes **être**, the pp agrees with the subject of the verb