Conjugaisons du passé composé
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The passé composé is a compound verb form, which means its conjugation has two components:
| verb | conjugation | |
| 1. | auxiliary (avoir or être) | present tense |
| 2. | main verb | past participle |
Par exemple…
Avoir verb: donner (to give)
| j’ai donné |
| tu as donné |
| il a donné |
| elle a donné |
| nous avons donné |
| vous avez donné |
| ils ont donné |
| elles ont donné |
Être verb: sortir (to go out)
| je suis sorti | sortie |
| tu es sorti | sortie |
| il est sorti |
| elle est sortie |
| nous sommes sortis | sorties |
| vous êtes sorti | sortie | sortis | sorties |
| ils sont sortis |
| elles sont sorties |
Pronominal verb: s’habiller (to get dressed)
| je me suis habillé | habillée |
| tu t’es habillé | habillée |
| il s’est habillé |
| elle s’est habillée |
| nous nous sommes habillés | habillées |
| vous vous êtes habillé | habillée | habillés | habillées |
| ils se sont habillés |
| elles se sont habillées |
Past participle agreement
As in all compound conjugations, the past participle in the passé composé may need to agree in gender and number with the word it modifies – learn more.
Passé composé quizzes
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Related lessons
- Passé composé conjugations – PwLF super list
- Using the passé composé
- Avoir vs être
- Past participle
- Pronominal verbs
- Passé composé vs imparfait
- Simple and compound verb forms
- Introduction to verbs
French lesson plans
- Avoir, Être et le Passé composé (Lesson, 6th-8th grade)
- En vacances (Lesson, 9th-12th grade)
- Hobbies (Worksheet, 8th-9th grade)
- Passé composé (Lesson, 6th-8th grade)
- Passé composé (Powerpoint, 6th-9th grade)
- Passé composé (verbes avec auxiliaire avoir) (Worksheet, 9th-12th grade)
- Qui veut jouer avec moi ? (Lesson, 7th grade)
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