{"id":339,"date":"2017-02-09T05:25:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T05:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/lff\/?page_id=339"},"modified":"2017-02-09T16:30:28","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T16:30:28","slug":"past-tense","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/lff\/conjugations\/past-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9 with avoir<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In order to talk about events in the past, French uses two principal tenses: the pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9 <\/b>and the imparfait<\/strong>. The pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9 is used to express actions or states completed in the past.<\/p>\n

The pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9\u00a0is composed of two parts: the auxiliary verb <\/em>(present tense of avoir <\/strong>or \u00eatre<\/strong>) and the past participle\u00a0<\/em>of the main verb. Most verbs in French take avoir <\/strong>as\u00a0the auxiliary verb in the\u00a0pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Depending on which group the verb falls under will determine its past participle.\u00a0Note also that some verbs are irregular and\u00a0do not follow any pattern. These must be memorized.<\/p>\n

Here are couple of verbs in the pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Infinitive form<\/td>\nParler (to talk) -er ending<\/td>\nFinir (to finish)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -ir ending<\/td>\nPerdre (to lose\/ to misplace) -re ending<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAvoir in the present with past participle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
J’<\/td>\nai parl\u00e9<\/td>\nai fini<\/td>\nai perdu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tu<\/td>\nas parl\u00e9<\/td>\nas fini<\/td>\nas perdu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Il\/Elle\/On<\/td>\na parl\u00e9<\/td>\na fini<\/td>\na perdu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nous<\/td>\navons parl\u00e9<\/td>\navons fini<\/td>\navons perdu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vous<\/td>\navez parl\u00e9<\/td>\navez fini<\/td>\navez perdu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ils\/Elles<\/td>\nont parl\u00e9<\/td>\nont fini<\/td>\nont perdu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Here are some irregular verbs’ past participle. Remember their must be memorized because they do not follow any pattern. These also would be proceeded by the present conjugation of avoir<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"irregular<\/p>\n

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The pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9 with avoir In order to talk about events in the past, French uses two principal tenses: the pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9 and the imparfait. The pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9 is used to express actions or states completed in the past. The pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9\u00a0is composed of two parts: the auxiliary verb (present tense of avoir or \u00eatre) … <\/p>\n

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