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What has to happen when you use être instead of avoir for the formation of the passé composé?
You use etre for "Dr and Mrs Vandertramp" or "house" verbs. You also use etre for reflexive verbs like se lever, se coucher, se sentir. Don't forget to conjugate etre and use the passe compose end form of the verb (er=e(with accent), re=u, ir=i). The most common etre passe compose is "Je suis ne(e)." = I was born.
What three things do you have to remember to have to form the passe compose correctly?
You need to know whether the helping very is "etre" or "avoir." You need to know the past participle. In some cases, you need to make the past participle agree with the noun.
What are 'etre' verbs?
The French past tense that's called 'passe compose' is composed of an auxiliary verb and the main verb in past participle form. In the passe compose tense, the auxiliary verb is the conjugation of either 'etre' ['to be'] or 'avoir' ['to have']. Those verbs that have 'avoir' as their auxiliary choice are called 'avoir' verbs. Those verbs that have 'etre' as their auxiliary choice are called 'etre' verbs. For example, 'venir' ['to come'] is an 'etre' verb. So 'I did come, have come, came' is translated as 'Je suis venue', with 'je' meaning 'I'. The choice of 'etre' or 'avoir' carries through to all of the other combined tenses, such as the conditional perfect, future perfect, pluperfect, etc.
What is dead in french?
dead is the irregular etre verb mourir so to say he is dead it would be il est mort
What is partir in the form of passe compose with etre?
Je suis parti Tu es parti il est parti Nous sommes partis Vous êtes partis Ils sont partis
How do you say are you there in French?
'il est' is present.. jus find out the passe compose of etre verb for third person singular..it wud b 'il _____'
What is descendre in the form of passe compose with etre?
je suis descendu(e) tu es descendu(e) il est descendu, elle est descendue nous sommes descendu(e)s vous êtes descendu(e)s ils sont descendus, elles sont descendues
What is the Passe compose for sortir with etre?
je suis sorti(e) (this means - I went out, not I took something out) tu es sorti(e) il est sorti elle est sortie nous sommes sortis/sorties vous êtes sortis/sorties ils sont sortis/elles sont sorties
What is revenu in the form of passe compose with etre?
Revenir - to return Je suis revenu(e) Tu es revenu(e) Il/elle/on est revenu(e)(s) Nous sommes revenu(e)s vous êtes revenu(e)s ils/elles sont revenu(e)s
What is the auxiliary verb and what is the main verb in French verb tenses?
The auxiliary verb also is called a helping verb. For it's used to help form the tenses that are composed of two verbs. An example is the past tense that's called 'passe compose', or 'composed past'. It's composed of the auxiliary verb 'avoir' ['to have'], or 'etre' ['to be']. In this particular tense, the auxiliary verb is in the present tense. The main verb is in the form of the past participle, which isn't conjugated. But those that take 'etre' agree with the subject in feminine/masculine gender and in singular/plural number. For example, the verb 'parler' ['to speak'] takes 'avoir' in the composed tenses. In the passe compose tense, 'I did speak, have spoken, spoke' is 'J'ai parle'.
What's an 'avoir' verb?
The phrase 'le verbe avoir' means the verb avoir. In the word-by-word translation, the definite article 'le' means 'the'. The noun 'verbe' means 'verb'. And the verb 'avoir' means 'to have'.
What is 'passe compose'?
The term 'passe compose' means composed past [tense]. The tense is formed with an auxiliary verb, which is one of the six present indicative forms of the verb 'etre' ['to be'] or 'avoir' ['to have']. The auxiliary is combined with the past participle form of the main verb. For example, 'parler' means 'to speak'. Its past participle is 'parle'. So 'I did speak, have spoken, spoke' is translated as 'j'ai parle', with the personal pronoun 'je'* meaning 'I'. *The letter 'e' is dropped in front of a word that begins with a vowel or an unaspirated 'h'.
