1. passé composé Please take notes on the following three slides @ Le

2. #1
The passé composé is the most common French past tense. The passé composé can express any of the following:
1. An action completed in the past
2. An action completed a number of times in the past.
3. A series of actions completed in the past..
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3. #2 passé composé The passé composé has three English equivelents.
1. I danced
2. I have danced
3. I did dance.
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4. #3 passé composé The passé composé has two parts.
1. Present tense of the auxilary verb (avoir or être)
2. The past participle.
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5. #3 passé composé The passé composé has two parts.
1. Present tense of the auxilary verb (avoir or être)
2. The past participle.
*When the aux. verb is être, the past participle must agree with the subject in gender and in number. (e, es, s).
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6. In order to do this past tense you need to have the present tense of the verb avoir and the verb être completely memorized. Please review this auxiliary verb on the next to slides.
Do you have them both completely memorized?
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7. Present tense être – to be Je suis Nous sommes Tu es Vous êtes Il ElleOn
est
Ils
Elles
sont

8. Present tense Avoir – to have J` ai Nous avons Tu as Vous avez Il Elle
Ils
Elles
ont

9. Let’s watch a video on the passé composé.`
Let’s watch a video on the passé composé.

10. The following is a list of verbs that use être as their auxiliary verbs in passé composé:
Devenir – to become – devenu
Revenir – to come back – revenu
Monter – to go up – monté
Rester – to stay – resté
Sortir– to exit – sorti
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11. The following is a list of verbs that use être as their auxiliary verbs in passé composé:
Venir – to come – venu
Aller – to go – allé
Naître – to be born – né
Descendre – to descend – descendu
Entrer – to enter – entré
Retourner – to return – retourné
Tomber – to fall – tombé
Rentrer- to re-enter- rentré
Arriver – to arrive – arrivé
Mourir – to die – mort
Partir – to leave – parti
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