Passe Compose

• What does passé composé literally translate to?

  Compound past
• what is passé composé used for?

  Specific moments in time
• What are the two components of passé composé?

  The auxiliary verb and the past participle
• What two verbs can be the auxiliary verb?

  avoir or être
• which verb is more commonly used as the auxiliary?

  avoir
• how many verbs use être as an auxiliary?

  17
• what is special about the past participle when être is the auxiliary verb?

  The past participle needs to agree in number and gender
• what verbs can be the past participle?

  any of them, with the correct ending
• what tense are the auxiliary verbs conjugated in?

  present tense
• What is the ending for regular -er verb past participles?

  -é
• What is the ending for regular -ir verb past participles?

  -i
• What is the ending for regular -re verb past participles?

  -u
• What part of the passé composé do we negate?

  the conjugated auxiliary verb
• Conjugate in the present tense: Je (avoir)

  j'ai
• Conjugate in the present tense: Tu (avoir)

  Tu as
• Conjugate in the present tense: il (avoir)

  il a
• Conjugate in the present tense: elle (avoir)

  elle a
• Conjugate in the present tense: on (avoir)

  on a
• Conjugate in the present tense: nous (avoir)

  nous avons
• Conjugate in the present tense: vous (avoir)

  vous avez
• Conjugate in the present tense: ils (avoir)

  ils ont
• Conjugate in the present tense: elles (avoir)

  elles ont
• Conjugate in the present tense: je (être)

  je suis
• Conjugate in the present tense: tu (être)

  tu es
• Conjugate in the present tense: il (être)

  il est
• Conjugate in the present tense: elle (être)

  elle est
• Conjugate in the present tense: on (être)

  on est
• Conjugate in the present tense: nous (être)

  nous sommes
• Conjugate in the present tense: vous (être)

  vous êtes
• Conjugate in the present tense: ils (être)

  ils sont
• Conjugate in the present tense: elles (être)

  elles sont
• past participle: Fêter

  fêté
• past participle: oublier

  oublié
• past participle: chercher

  cherché
• past participle: acheter

  acheté
• past participle: envoyer

  envoyé
• past participle: choisir

  choisi
• past participle: finir

  fini
• past participle: grandir

  grandi
• past participle: obéir

  obéi