Le Passé Composé

What is it? The Passé Composé is used to write & speak in the past tense.

FORMATION It is a compound tense, meaning it requires 2 verbs! (Composé = compounded, composed of 2 words)

FORMATION SUBJECT +HELPING VERB +PAST PARTICIPLE S + HV + PP

SUBJECTS JE TU IL/ELLE/ON NOUS VOUS ILS NAMES OF PEOPLE/ALL NOUNS

HELPING VERBS PRESENT TENSE OF AVOIR (MOST VERBS) OR PRESENT TENSE OF ETRE (ONLY A SELECT FEW)

CONJUGATE AVOIR at the bottom of the page… J’ ai Tu as Il a Nous avons Vous avez Ils ont JE TU IL NOUS VOUS ILS

PAST PARTICIPLES To form the past participle you… 1. Take off the ending (er/ir/re) 2. Add the following endings… ER verbs = é IR verbs = i RE verbs = u

Add the Past Participle: 1. J’ai travaill__ = 2. Tu as fini__ = 3. Il a perd__ =

MEANINGS 1. I worked OR I did work 2. You finished OR You did finish 3. He lost OR He did lose

Negative Sentences NE (N’) PAS = did not (didn’t) NE (N’) JAMAIS = never or never have The negative goes around the NE and PAS Je n’ai pas travaillé – I did not work Je n’ai jamais parlé à Pierre I never spoke to Pierre. I have never spoken to Pierre.

PAST WORDS Hier – yesterday Hier matin – yesterday morning Hier après-midi – yesterday afternoon Hier soir – last night (Lundi) dernier – last (Monday) Le weekend dernier – last weekend Le mois dernier – last month La semaine dernière – last week L’été dernier – last summer L’année dernière last year

Il y a + time frame = AGO I l y a 5 minutes = 5 minutes ago Il y a 2 heures = 2 hours ago Il y a 3 jours – 3 days ago Il y a une semaine – a week ago Il y a deux mois = 2 months ago Il y a 5 ans – 5 years ago Il y a plusieurs jours – several days ago

Questions – ADD to page 5 Est-ce que + S + HV + PP DID… Est-ce que tu as perdu le match? Did you lose the game?

Irregular Past Participles Many verbs in French have irregular past participles. Just like in English, you cannot just add “ed” to all verbs.

English Irregulars 1. I eated breakfast this morning. 2. You runned on the track. 3. He sleeped in this weekend. 4. We swimmed in the pool. 5. They seed a great movie last night.

English Irregulars 1. I ate breakfast this morning. 2. You ran on the track. 3. He slept in this weekend. 4. We swam in the pool. 5. They saw great movie last night.

Irregular Past Participles VERBPAST PART.MEANING AVOIREUHAD ETREÉTÉWAS FAIREFAITDID/MADE METTREMISPUT/SET PRENDREPRISTOOK

Irregular Past Participles VERBPAST PART.MEANING OUVRIROUVERTOPENED OFFRIROFFERTOFFERED VIVREVÉCULIVED NAITRENÉNÉWAS BORN MOURIRMORTDIED

Irregular Past Participles VERBPAST PART.MEANING BOIREBUDRANK VOIRVUSAW SAVOIRSUKNEW CONNAITRE CONNUKNEW POUVOIRPUWAS ABLE

Irregular Past Participles VERBPAST PART.MEANING DEVOIRDUHAD TO VOULOIRVOULUWANTED LIRELUREAD ECRIREÉCRITWROTE DIREDITSAID

Irregular Past Participles VERBPAST PART.MEANING RECEVOIRREÇUGOT VENIRVENUCAME REVENIRREVENUCAME BACK DEVENIRDEVENUBECAME

More Irregulars to ADD APPRENDRE – TO LEARNAPPRIS (like prendre) COMPRENDRE – TO UNDERSTAND (like prendre)COMPRIS PROMETTRE – to allow/permit (like mettre)PROMIS

ÊTRE VERBS Some verbs in French require ÊTRE as the Helping Verb. These verbs are sometimes called “coming and going verbs” DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP

Bell Work – Identify the verbs 1. su6. d û 2. pu7. dit 3.lu8. mis 4.vu9. voulu 5.bu10. venu

Être JE SUISNOUS SOMMES TU ESVOUS ÊTES IL ESTILS SONT

ÊTRE VERBS VERBPAST PART.MEANING Descendredéscenduwent down/ descended Rentrerrentrécame home Montermontéwent up Resterrestéstayed

ÊTRE VERBS VERBPAST PART.MEANING Sortirsortiwent out Venirvenu*came Arriverarrivéarrived Naïtrené*was born

ÊTRE VERBS VERBPAST PART.MEANING Devenirdevenu*became Entrerentréentered Revenirrevenu*came back Tombertombéfell

VERBPAST PART. MEANING Retournerretournéreturned Alleralléwent Mourirmort*died PartirPartileft (P)asserpassépassed by/through

PASSER Takes AVOIR or ÊTRE Takes ÊTRE when it means to pass by. - Je suis passé(e) par la porte. - I passed by the door. Takes AVOIR when it means to take or spend some time. - J’ai passé mon examen. J’ai passé un an à Paris - I took my test. I spent a year in Paris.

AGREEMENT When ÊTRE is used as the Helping Verb AGREEMENT has to be made with the Past Participles

AGREEMENT *depends ~ Must agree in # and gender! Masc. Singular – DO NOTHING Fem. Singular – add an extra E (elle, je*) Elle est sortie Masc. Plural – add an S (ils, vous*, nous) Ils sont sortis Fem. Plural – add an ES(elles, nous*,vous*) Elles sont sorties

Conjugate using être as the HV 1. Il _______ (aller) 2. Elle _____ (descendre) 3. Nous ______ (revenir) 4. Je _______ (arriver) 5. Elles _______ (monter) 6. Ils _______ (partir)

Conjugate using être as the HV 1. Il est allé 2. Elle est descendue 3. Nous sommes revenus(es) 4. Je suis arrivé(e) 5. Elles sont montées 6. Ils sont partis

Donnez-moi Cinq… 5 rules of the Passé Composé