The past The Pass é Compos é
What is the past tense? It is used to express an action that occurred in the past.
In English... There are 5 different past tenses. I worked = simple past I have worked = present perfect I was working = past progressive I used to work = with helping verb “used to” I did work = past emphatic
In French... There are only two! Pass é Compos é Imparfait
Simple past vs. compound past Simple past consists of one word I worked Compound past consists more than one word an auxiliary (helping verb) and a main verb I have worked
The passé composé It is a compound tensecompound tense It is formed with the auxiliary verb avoir or être conjugated in the present tense + the past participle of the main verbauxiliary verbthe past participle auxiliary + past participle = pass é compos é avoir/être
auxiliary verb / helping verb It helps the main verb express its self in another tense. It is used in a compound tense. There are only two auxiliary verbs in French. avoir et être
Past Participle It can be regular er = é ir = i re = u Or irregular the ones you have to memorize! The past participle is used as the main verb in a compound tense.