Passé composé the –ed past tense in French The rules of Passé composé: You take the subject: Je, il, le médecin, le chien….. Add a form of AVOIR to match j’ai nous avons tu as vous avez il, elle a ils, elles ont
Then add the past participle The past participle is the –ed form of the verb in French: If the verb ends in –er as an infinitive, take off the “er” and add é. Examples, you ask? parler = parlé manger = mangé respirer = respiré acheter = acheté jouer= joué avaler = avalé
Past participle of –ir verbs If the verb ends in –ir as an infinitive, take off the “ir” and add i. So, what the heck do you mean? finir = fini choisir = choisi If the verb ends in –re as an infinitive, take off the “re” and add u. So... vendre = vendu répondre = répondu perdre = perdu descendre=descendu
So, to say things in the past… Subject + Conjugated Avoir + Past participle (sujet +avoir conjugé + participe passé) I ate = S + A + P.P. Je + ai + manger é mangé J’ai mangé
I ate I have eaten I did eat J’ai mangé I ate I have eaten I did eat
Let’s review Avoir First! Play avoir stair
Now, let’s try the passé composé Play passé composé stair here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L57LmP7s-U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhCvxEjHCXM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwAnG8k1bC4&list=PL81A33ABFA6E96DD1