1. Le Passé Composé avec avoir

2. The passé composé is the conversational past tense.
Le passé composé is a verb tense that describes actions that happened.
The passé composé is the conversational past tense.
It is used to express specific actions that were completed at a definite time
in the past.
The passé composé relates to specific actions that happened once.

3. The passé composé is a compound tense, it has 2 parts.
1. Auxiliary (helping) verb AVOIR
2. Past Participle of the verb
In the passé composé, the helping verb (avoir) is conjugated in the present.
Do you remember the present tense of avoir?
j’ai ________ nous avons ________
tu as ________ vous avez _________
il a _________ ils ont ___________
elle a ________ elles ont _________
on a _________
(past participle)
(past participle)
(past participle)
(past participle)
(past participle)
(past participle)
(past participle)
(past participle)
(past participle)

4. Past Participles To form the past participles of regular verbs:
Regular –ER verbs
Regular –IR verbs
Regular –RE verbs
parler parlé
finir fini
vendre vendu
Now put the 2 part of the past tense together

5. Avoir in the present tense + past participle = passé composé
Example: parler past participle = parlé
j’ai + parlé = j’ai parlé (I spoke, I did speak)
tu as + parlé = tu as parlé (you spoke, you did speak)
il a + parlé = il a parlé (he spoke, he did speak)
elle a + parlé = elle a parlé (she spoke, she did speak)
nous avons + parlé = nous avons parlé (we spoke, we did speak)
vous avez + parlé = vous avez parlé (you spoke, you did speak)
ils ont + parlé = ils ont parlé (they spoke, they did speak)
elles ont + parlé = elles ont parlé (they spoke, they did speak)
Do you get it now?

6. Try it again! use FINIR FINI Example: finir Past Participle =
Conjugate!
j’ nous
tu vous
il ils
elle elles on
FINI
ai fini
as fini
a fini
avons fini
avez fini
ont fini
Are you finally getting it?!?!

7. One more time……
use vendre
Example: vendre Past Participle = VENDU
Conjugate!
j’ nous
tu vous
il ils
elle elles on
ai vendu
as vendu
a vendu
avons vendu
avez vendu
ont vendu

8. Le Fin!