Christiaan Hastings et Thierry Jesko
Imparfait Passé composé régulier Passé composé irrégulier Passé composé avec être
You form Imparfait by conjugating the verb(s) in the nous form, then drop the ons and add the proper Imparfait ending. The translation in a sentence is past tense, but describes what is going on in the background.
Je – ais Tu – ais Il/Elle – ait Nous – ions Vous – iez Ils/Elles - aient Examples Je parle parlons parlais Je parlais
Passé composé describes action that happened in the past. To form the passé composé, conjugate avoir, and use the past participle of the action verb. Follow this guide to form passé composé Jai (past participle) Tu as (past participle) Il/Elle a (past participle) Nous avons (past participle) Vous avez (past participle) Ils/Elles ont (past participle)
RÉGULIERIRRÉGULIER For –er verbs, take the infinative, drop the -er, and add –é to the end. Example: Nous avons écouté For –ir verbs, take the infinative, drop the –ir, and add –i to the end. Example: Jai fini For –re verbs, take the infinative, drop the –re, and add –u to the end. Example: Il a vendu This is tricky. You must memorize them…. :( Examples: Avoir – eu Pouvoir – pu Suivre – suivi Mettre – mis Prendre – pris Ecrire - ecrit Être – été Note: this is not all, but the endings are common. Look: u, i, is, it
There is a set of 16 verbs that dont use avoir before the past participle. Instead, they use être. These verbs can be memorized through the use of the acronym: Dr. Mrs. Vandertramp
This is one way to remember...
Fin!