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How do you form the past participle of regular verbs?
With ‘‘-er’’ verbs, take off the ‘‘-er’’ ending and replace it with ‘‘é’’: parler - parlé
With ‘‘-ir’’ verbs, take off the ‘‘-ir’’ ending and replace it with ‘‘i’’: finir - fini
With ‘‘-re’’ verbs, take off the ‘‘-re’’ ending and replace it with ‘‘u’’: répondre - répondu
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What is the order of words in the negative form?
In the negative form, ‘‘ne’’ precedes the auxiliary, ‘‘pas’’ follows it.
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I didn’t speak, I haven’t spoken
je n’ai pas parlé
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How do you form the interrogative form?
The interrogative form can either use ‘‘est-ce que’’ or ‘‘inversion’’ form
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Did I speak? Have I spoken?
est-ce que j’ai parlé?
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Did you speak? Have I spoken?
as-tu-parlé?
est-ce que tu as parlé?
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How do you form the inverted question?
In the inverted question, the subject pronoun is placed after the auxiliary and linked to it by a hyphen. In the third person singular (il, elle, on), the letter ‘‘-t-‘’ is inserted between the auxiliary and the subject pronoun. With ‘‘je’’, it is preferable to use ‘‘est-ce que’’.
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Give past participle of acquérir (to acquire)
acquis
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Give past participle of conquérir (to conquer)
conquis
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Give past participle of avoir (to have)
eu
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Give past participle of battre (to beat)
battu
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Give past participle of boire (to drink)
bu
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Give past participle of conduire (to drive)
conduit
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Give past participle of construire (to build)
construit
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Give past participle of détruire (to destroy)
détruit
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Give past participle of produire (to produce)
produit
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Give past participle of traduire (to translate)
traduit
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Give past participle of connaître (to know)
connu
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Give past participle of disparaître (to disappear)
disparu
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Give past participle of paraître (to seem)
paru
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Give past participle of reconnaître (to recognize)
reconnu
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Give past participle of courir (to run)
couru
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Give past participle of craindre (to fear)
craint
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Give past participle of contraindre (to force)
contraint
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Give past participle of éteindre (to turn off)
éteint
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Give past participle of feindre (to pretend)
feint
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Give past participle of peindre (to paint)
peint
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Give past participle of plaindre (to pity)
plaint
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Give past participle of rejoindre (to join)
rejoint
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Give past participle of croire (to believe)
cru
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Give past participle of cueillir (to pick)
cueilli
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Give past participle of accueillir (to welcome)
accueilli
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Give past participle of devoir (to have to, owe)
dû
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Give past participle of dire (to say)
dit
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Give past participle of dormir (to sleep)
dormi
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Give past participle of mentir (to tell a lie)
menti
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Give past participle of servir (to serve)
servi
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Give past participle of sentir (to smell)
senti
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Give past participle of écrire (to write)
écrit
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Give past participle of décrire (to describe)
décrit
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Give past participle of être (to be)
été
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Give past participle of faire (to make, do)
fait
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Give past participle of falloir (to be necessary)
fallu
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Give past participle of haïr (to hate)
haï
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Give past participle of lire (to read)
lu
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Give past participle of mettre (to put, put on)
mis
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Give past participle of permettre (to allow, permit)
permis
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Give past participle of promettre (to promise)
promis
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Give past participle of ouvrir (to open)
ouvert
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Give past participle of découvrir (to discover, find out)
découvert
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Give past participle of offrir (to offer)
offert
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Give past participle of souffrir (to suffer)
souffert
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Give past participle of plaire (to please)
plu
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Give past participle of pleuvoir (to rain)
plu
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Give past participle of pouvoir (to be able to)
pu
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Give past participle of prendre (to take)
pris
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Give past participle of apprendre (to learn)
appris
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Give past participle of comprendre (to understand)
compris
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Give past participle of recevoir (to receive)
reçu
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Give past participle of rire (to laugh)
ri
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Give past participle of sourire (to smile)
souri