Transcript Introduction to the perfect tense with avoir 4
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The perfect tense with
avoir
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v e s L e a n n g o b e c Learn when we use the perfect tense and how to form it with
avoir
.
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The perfect tense of -er verbs 1
The perfect tense is used to talk about completed actions in the past. The perfect tense has
two parts
: the
auxiliary
– the present tense of
avoir
the
past participle
.
To form the past participle of regular -er verbs, remove the
-er
and add -
é
: mang
er
mang
é
La souris
a mangé
le fromage.
auxiliary past participle
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The perfect tense of -er verbs 2
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