Transcript Unit 3 passé composé with etre notes File

Le Passé Composé notes #2
Avec “être”
Review
 You have learned that the passé
composé is made up of a helping verb
and the past participle of the main
verb.
 With most verbs you use the present
tense of “avoir” as your helping verb
 Ex: J’ai fait mon devoir= I did my
homework
 Certain verbs form their passé
composé with the helping verb “être”
 To form the past participle of –er
verbs, drop the –er of the infinitive
and and “é”. For regular-ir verbs,
drop the infinitive ending and add “i”.
For regular –re verbs, drop the
infinitive ending and add “u”.
Agreement with “être”
 Rule: Anytime you use être as a
helping verb in the passé composé,
the ending of the past participle
participle must agree in both gender
and number with the subject
performing the action.
 Look at the conjugation of “sortir”
Sortir=to go out
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Je suis sorti
Tu es sorti
Il est sorti
Elle est sortie
Nous sommes sortis
Vous êtes sortis
Ils sont sortis
Elles sont sorties
 Notice the agreement indicated
above in bold.
Verbs that take être
 Most verbs that use être in the passé
composé express motion or
movement of the subject from one
place to another.
 The mneumonic device DR & MRS
VANDERTRAMP will help you to
remember which verbs take être.
DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP
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DESCENDRE=TO GO DOWN (descendu)
RETOURNER=TO RETURN (retourné)
MONTER=TO GO UP (monté)
RENTRER=TO RETURN (rentré)
SORTIR=TO GO OUT (sorti)
VENIR=TO COME (venu)
ALLER=TO GO (allé)
NAÎTRE=TO BE BORN (né)
DEVENIR=TO BECOME (devenu)
ENTRER=TO ENTER (entré)
RESTER=TO STAY (resté)
TOMBER=TO FALL (tombé)
REVENIR=TO GO BACK (revenu)
ARRIVER=TO ARRIVE (arrivé)
MOURIR=TO DIE (mort)
PARTIR=TO LEAVE (parti)