Unité 3 Le passé composé avec ÊTRE
Le passé composé The passé composé is a PAST TENSE used to tell what has happened in the past. As its name implies, this tense is a COMPOUND VERB TENSE, which requires TWO VERBS---a helping verb and a past participle. YOU MUST HAVE BOTH VERBS!!!!
Le verbe auxiliaire There are 2 different helping verbs used to form the passé composé. They are: AVOIR & ÊTRE. Avoir is the most commonly used helping verb. There are certain verbs that use ÊTRE. We learned some of them last year. We will add to the list this year.
List of verbs which use ÊTRE as the auxiliary verb in the passé composé These verbs are called the “Dr & Mrs Vandertrampp” verbs. INFINITIF PARTICIPE PASSÉ D=devenir devenu R=revenir revenu M=mourir mort R=rentrer rentré S=sortir sorti Continued on next slide…
INFINITIF PARTICIPE PASSÉ V=venir venu A=arriver arrivé N=naître né D=descendre descendu E=entrer entré R=retourner retourné T=tomber tombé R=rester resté A=aller allé M=monter monté P=partir parti P=passer** passé (**this verb will sometimes use AVOIR)
Part 1 After you have your subject, you will need the HELPING VERB---for now, this will be a present tense conjugation of the verb ÊTRE: JE -----SUISNOUS---SOMMES TU----ESVOUS ----ÊTES IL/ELLE -----ESTILS/ELLES----SONT
Put them together Subject: Je Form of ÊTRE as Auxiliary Verb: suis Action Verb (aller) in the Past Participle:allé Past tense sentence: Je suis allé(e) au cinéma. (I went to the movies.)
TO NOTE When using ETRE as the helping (auxiliary) verb in the passé composé, THERE MUST BE AGREEMENT(masculine/feminine/singular/plural ) of the PAST PARTICIPLE and the SUBJECT. This does NOT occur when using AVOIR* as the helping verb. *certain restrictions apply SO….feminine subjects will add on an extra E to the past participle. Add an “S” to the participle to make it plural. Sorry…it MUST happen.
Pratique Je---sortir= Nous---arriver= Tu---entrer= Sophie---rentrer= Les filles---aller= Mes oncles---partir= Notre soeur---rester=
Le negatif When making a sentence negative in the passé composé, the NE…PAS (or the ne…jamais, ne…plus, ne…rien & other negatives) will be placed AROUND THE AUXILIARY VERB ONLY Example: Je ne suis pas allé(e) au Mexique. Vous n’êtes pas arrivés en retard. Les garçons ne sont pas venus à 8heures.