Transcript They are verbs that use être as a helping verb in passé composé

Il est allé au parc.
Elle est partie.
Passé Composé
with Etre
Ils sont allés à la campagne.
Elle est revenue au chateau.
Who are Dr and Mrs Vandertramp?
They are verbs that use être as a helping
verb in passé composé
Tend to be verbs of arrival and departure
Devenir- to become
Revenir- to come back
Mourir- to die
Retourner- to return
Sortir- to go out
Venir- to come
Aller- to go
Naître- to be born
Descendre-to descend
Entrer- to enter
Rentrer- to return
Tomber- to fall
Rester- to stay, to remain
Arriver- to arrive (to happen)
Monter-to go up
Partir- to leave
* passer-to pass by
What makes etre verbs different?
• Instead of using avoir as a helping verb, you are
going to use être. You still need to conjugate it to
agree with the subject.
Remember:
Je suis
Nous sommes
Tu es
Vous êtes
Il, elle, on est
ils, elles sont
• You’ll still have your subject, then your conjugated
helping verb, then a past participle
• Unlike with avoir, the participle will change, it
needs –e or -s endings to agree with the subject in
gender and number
Examples
Passé Composé with Avoir
J’ai visité Paris. I visited Paris.
Passé Composé with Etre
Nous sommes allés à la plage. We went to
the beach.
Napoleon est né le 15 aout, 1769.
Napoleon was born August 15, 1769.
Elle est arrivée à Paris. She arrived at Paris.
Past Participles
• Like with avoir, the past participles of verbs
that end in –er are going to change to é, then
add endings for feminine or plural agreement
• Verbs that end in –re change to u for the
participle, Ir verbs change to –i for the
participle
• Some of the past participles with être are
irregular:
Mourir- mort (de)(re)venir- (de)(re)venu
Naître- né
Practice
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Je
Tu
Elle
Nous
(tomber)
5. Vous
6. Elles
au match de foot. (aller)
à la maison. (rentrer)
à 8h30. (partir)
dans les escaliers.
au stade. (arriver)
de Paris hier. (venir)
Answers
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6.
Je suis allé
au match de foot.
Tu es rentré
à la maison.
Elle est partie
à 8h30.
Nous sommes tombés dans les escaliers.
Vous êtes arrivés
au stade.
Elles sont venues de Paris hier.
How do I remember those verbs again?
Revenir,
mourir,
…?
Another way to remember is the
“house of être”- picturing the activities
being performed in a house
Some creative versions
What could you come up with?
• Think for minute about the different versions
you could come up with: a haunted house of
être, a castle of être, a sunken ship of être, a
jungle of être, farm of être, etc
• Project! (see rubric)