Transcript Le Passé Composé

Le Passé Composé
Une explication de grammaire
Past Tenses in French
▪ There are several ways to express the past tense in French.
▪ Each tense has its on set of rules for both conjugation and use.
▪ We will start by focusing on the Passé Composé
▪ This is the composed tense, meaning that it is composed of several
things.
Le Passé-Composé: Qu’est-ce que c’est?
▪ The main tense used in French grammar to express the past.
▪ The Passé Composé is often used in conjunction with the other
tenses.
Le Passé-Composé: The contexts
▪ An action that started in the past and was completed in the past.
– Est-ce que tu as étudié ce weekend? Did you study this weekend?
– Ils ont déjà mangé. They have already eaten.
▪ An action repeated a number of times in the past.
– Oui, j’ai mangé cinq fois hier. Yes, I ate 5 times yesterday.
– Nous avons visité Paris plusieurs fois. We’ve visited Paris several times.
▪ A series of actions completed in the past .
– Quand je suis arrivé, j’ai vu les fleurs. When I arrived, I saw the flowers.
– Samedi, il a vu sa mère, a parlé au médecin et a trouvé un chat. Saturday, he
saw his mom, spoke to the doctor, and found a cat.
Le Passé-Composé: La Formation
▪ The passé-compose is formed according to a strict set of guidelines.
▪ If you memorize this simple chart, you will be fine.
Pronoun
Je
Nous
Tu
Vous
Il/Elle Ils/Elles
Conjugated
Auxiliary Verb
Past
Participle
Etre
Suis
Es
Est
Avoir
Ai
As
A
Parlé
Mangé
Etudié
Vu
Dormi
Passé
Composé
J’ai parlé
Tu as mange
Il est arrive
Nous avons vu
Le Passé-Composé: L’analyze
▪ Pronon + Verbe Auxiliaire + Participe Passé = Passé Composé
▪ Pronom – Pronoun
▪ This is what you have been working with since French I. The pronoun
will not change at all just be we are discussing an action in the past.
▪ J’ai mangé les pommes.
▪ Il a vu les filles.
▪ Vous êtes arrivé.
Le Passé-Composé: L’analyze
▪ Pronon + Verbe Auxiliaire + Participe Passé = Passé Composé
▪ Verb Auxiliaire – Auxiliary verb – Helping Verb
▪ The auxiliary verb is ALWAYS être or avoir. The helping verb that you
use will depend on the verb that you use.
▪ Over the course of the next few weeks, we will recognize the verbs
that use être and the verbs that use avoir. (Avoir is used more often).
▪ J’ai nagé dans la piscine.
▪ Il est entré tard après le déjeuner.
▪ Nous avons regardé un film sans toi.
Le Passé-Composé: L’analyze
▪ Pronon + Verbe Auxiliaire + Participe Passé = Passé Composé
▪ Participe Passé – Past Participle
▪ The past participle is the last part of our composed tense.
▪ This is where we actually indicate the action that is happening in the past.
▪ Each type of verb (-er, -re, and –re) has their own rule for conjugating the
past participle.
▪ Tu as voyagé à Paris l’année passé.
▪ Elle a perdu ses clés.
▪ Ils ont choisi les frites.
Le Passé-Composé: La formation du
participle passé -ER
▪ Pronon + Verbe Auxiliaire + Participe Passé = Passé Composé
▪ Participe Passé – Past Participle
▪ In order to form the past participle for MOST –er verbs, you need to
follow these steps
▪ Take the infinitive (parler), drop the –er (parl) and add é (parlé)
▪ Manger  Mang  Mangé
▪ Aimer  Aim  Aimé
▪ Adorer  Ador  Adoré
Le Passé-Composé: La formation du
participle passé -RE
▪ Pronon + Verbe Auxiliaire + Participe Passé = Passé Composé
▪ Participe Passé – Past Participle
▪ In order to form the past participle for MOST –RE verbs, you need to
follow these steps
▪ Take the infinitive (perdre), drop the –re (perd) and add u (perdu)
▪ Attendre  Attend  Attendu
▪ Entendre  Entend  Entendu
▪ Répondre  Répond  Répondu
Le Passé-Composé: La formation du
participle passé -IR
▪ Pronon + Verbe Auxiliaire + Participe Passé = Passé Composé
▪ Participe Passé – Past Participle
▪ In order to form the past participle for MOST –IR verbs, you need to
follow these steps
▪ Take the infinitive (finir), drop the –ir (fin) and add i (fini)
▪ Choisir  Chois  Choisi
▪ Réfléchir  Réfléch  Réfléchi
▪ Obéir  Obé  Obéi