How do you form an irregular verb in passe compose?
This video explains how to use irregular French verbs in the passe compose, the tense used to denote events that happened at a fixed point in the past. The formula is simple: subject + auxiliary + past participle. 90% of the time, the auxiliary is the verb avoir.
What are the verbs in passe compose?
The following is a list of verbs that use être (for intransitive usage) as their auxiliary verbs in passé composé:
- Devenir – to become – (être) devenu(e)(s)
- Revenir – to come back – (être) revenu(e)(s)
- Monter – to go up – (être) monté(e)(s)
- Rester – to stay – (être) resté(e)(s)
- Sortir – to exit – (être) sorti(e)(s)
Which is an irregular past participle in Passe Compose?
We will now learn about verbs that not only take the helping verb avoir in the passé composé, but also have an irregular past participle. The following chart lists the most common examples of such verbs:
How do you form a Passe Compose in French?
The majority of French verbs are regular and forming their past participle is easy. Some irregular verbs won’t match any of these patterns, if that’s the case, you need to look up the individual past participle conjugation. Verbs using être as a helping verb to form their passé composé agree in gender and number with the subject.
Are there any French verbs with an irregular past participle?
Many common French verbs have an irregular past participle. It is to be noted that French verbs with irregular past participles also tend to be irregular in the present tense. It is also to be noted that many French verbs with irregular past participles correspond to an equivalent irregular past participle in English.
When to use etre or avoir in Passe Compose?
Once you know the verb you want to conjugate in the passé composé uses “avoir”, you simply need to conjugate avoir in the present tense and add the past participle. Être is less common than “avoir” as a helping verb but a few common French verbs use it when conjugated in the passé composé.