You put the etre or avoir in between the pronoun and the verb. For example, 'I played,' you say I, avoir, played. Being J'ai joue(with an accent). Or if you were saying 'he died', you would say il est mort.
How to know whether to use avoir or etre:
You always use avoir EXCEPT for these;
Descendre
Retourner
Mourir
Rentre
Sortir
Venir
Aller
Naitre
Devenir
Entrer
Revenir
Tomber
Rester
Arriver
Monter
Partir
You can remember these by using the words DR MRS VANDERTRAMP, if you remember one, its opposite will be there as well ex. to go down, to go up, to come, to leave etc. These ones take etre. Everything else uses avoir.
été and weirdly enough, it goes with avoir. so, j'ai été, tu as été, etc.
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.
The conjugated form of "avoir" and "fait." Example: Tu as fait ton devoir.
regardé (goes with avoir, totally regular)
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'.
He helps you learn the french verbs in the past tense that use Etre instead of Avoir
été and weirdly enough, it goes with avoir. so, j'ai été, tu as été, etc.
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.
regardé (goes with avoir, totally regular)
The conjugated form of "avoir" and "fait." Example: Tu as fait ton devoir.
If the sentence contains the conjugated form of "avoir" as well as the past participle. Present tense: Je chante! Past tense: J'ai chanté!
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'.
The past tense in French is called "le passé composé". It is formed by using a helper verb (usually "avoir" or "être") followed by the past participle of the main verb.
écritJ'ai écrit - I wrote Tu as écrit - You wroteIl/Elle/On a écrit - He/She/One wroteNous avons écrit - We wroteVous avez écrit - You(group) wroteNote(s):When using a past-tense form of a verb, you must use 'avoir' or 'etre' in front of the past-tense verb. In this case, écrire is an avoir verb.
nagé is the past tense and that goes with the auxiliary verb "Avoir" but to swim as an infinitive is nager
The past participle of "avoir" is "eu".
"had" is the past tense of "to have", which is the verb "avoir" in French imparfait tense for avoir: j'avais tu avais il avait nous avions vous aviez ils avaient It is one of the two "auxiliary" verbs in French, it enables you to conjugate verbs in composite tenses like plus que parfait or passé composé. auxiliary verbs: to have: avoir to be: être