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1
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Passé Composé Conjugation

A
  • er –> -é
  • ir –> -i
  • re –> -u
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Passé Composé Rules

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1) Generally avoir + verb
2) être + verb for pronominal and 17 special verbs
3) For être, must agree in gender and number
4) For 6 être verbs with a direct object use avoir
5) Match with indirect object prior to verb

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Conjugate avoir

A 
J'ai
Tu as
Il a
Nous avons
Vous avez
Ils ont
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Conjugate etre

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Je suis
Tu es
Il est
Nous sommes
Vous êtes
Ils sont
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Which 17 verbs use être in passé composé?

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Devenir, revenir, mourir, retourner, sortir, venir, arriver, naître, descendre, entrer, rentrer, tomber, rester, aller, monter, partir, passer

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Which 6 verbs use avoir instead of être with a direct object in passé composé?

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Descendre, monter, passer, sortir, retourner, rentrer

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Avoir passé composé

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Eu

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Craindre passé composé

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Craint

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être passé composé

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été

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Faire passé composé

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Fait

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Mourir passé composé

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Mort

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naître passé composé

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Né

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Peindre passé composé

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Peint

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Découvrir passé composé

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Découvert

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Offrir passé composé

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Offert

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Conduire passé composé

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Conduit

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Croire passé composé

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Cru

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18
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Falloir passé composé

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Fallu

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Plaire/pleuvoir passé composé

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Pu

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Savoir passé composé

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Su

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Vivre passé composé

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Vécu

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Vouloir passé composé

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Voulu

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Dire passé composé

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Dit

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écrire passé composé

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écrit

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Asseoir passé composé

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Assis

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Mettre passé composé

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Mis

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Prendre passé composé

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Pris

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Rire passé composé

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Ri

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Suivre passé composé

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Suivi

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Boire passé composé

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Bu

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Connaître passé composé

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Connu

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Courir passé composé

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Couru

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Devoir passé composé

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Dû

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Lire passé composé

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Lu

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Recevoir passé composé

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Reçu

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Venir passé composé

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Venu

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Voir passé composé

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Vu

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When to use passé composé

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  • Completed, isolated actions
  • Completed in specific time period
  • Happened specific # of times
  • Series of actions (answers ‘what next?’)
  • Change in state or conditions
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Imparfait conjugation

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Je -ais
Tu -ais
Il -ait
Nous -ions
Vous -iez
Ils -aient
40
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Double i verbs (imparfait)

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étudii-
rii-
vérifii-
(nous & vous forms)

41
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Imparfait irregular rules

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1) If -cer –> çer in je/tu/il/ils

2) If -ger –> gea… in je/tu/il/ils

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être imparfait

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ét-

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Aller imparfait

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All-

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Avoir imparfait

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Av-

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Boire imparfait

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Buv-

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Conduire imparfait

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Conduis-

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Connaître imparfait

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Connaiss-

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Courir imparfait

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Cour-

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Craindre imparfait

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Craign-

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Croire imparfait

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Croy-

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Devoir imparfait

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Dev-

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Dire imparfait

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Dis-

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Dormir imparfait

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Dorm-

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écrire imparfait

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écriv-

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Faire imparfait

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Fais-

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Lire imparfait

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Lis-

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Mettre imparfait

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Mett-

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Offrir imparfait

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Offr-

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Ouvrir imparfait

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Ouvr-

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Plaire imparfait

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Plais-

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Pouvoir imparfait

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Pouv-

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Prendre imparfait

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Pren-

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Recevoir imparfait

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Recev-

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Savoir imparfait

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Sav-

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Suivre imparfait

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Suiv-

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Tenir imparfait

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Ten-

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Valoir imparfait

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Val-

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Venir imparfait

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Ven-

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Vivre imparfait

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Viv-

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Voir imparfait

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Voy-

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Vouloir imparfait

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Voul-

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Imparfait vs Passé composé verbs (ones that change meaning)

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Savoir: Imp–> I know, PC–> I found out
Pouvoir: Imp–> I could, PC–> I succeeded
Vouloir: Imp–> I wanted to, PC–> I tried to (negative: I refused to)

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Imparfait uses

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  • Background information (weather, what people were doing, setting/time frame)
  • Habitual/repetitive (ex souvent, d’habitude, chaque semaine, toujours, tous les jours, tous les lundis)
  • Conditions/state of mind for unspecified time (savoir, connaitre, penser, etre, avoir, vouloir, pouvoir, aimer, détester)
  • Continuous action (ex: + depuis)
  • Venir (imp.) de + infinitive = had just happened
  • (Et) si + imparfait for (1) inviting someone (2) suggesting action (3) wish/regret
74
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Plus-que-parfait rules

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Imparfait avoir or etre + passe compose

75
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Plus-que-parfait uses

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Action completed prior to another past action in some time period

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