Transcript Passe compose with avoir.pptx

STRUCTURE – Conjugaison
Le passé composé
 The “passé composé” is the tense that help us to
express actions done in the past.
 Ex: Hier, j’ai mangé une pizza

(Yesterday, I ate a pizza)
 Notice there are 2 parts in the verb “ai” and “mangé”
 “ai” is the verb “AVOIR” in present tense (= présent)
 “mangé” is called the “Participe passé” in French.
HOW TO BUILD THE
“PASSÉ COMPOSÉ”?
 AVOIR in present tense + Participe Passé
 Or
 ETRE in present tense + Participe Passé
 Ex 1: Hier, il a mangé une pizza (Yesterday, he ate a pizza)
 Ex 2: Hier, elle est allée au cinéma (Yesterday, she went to the
movie)
HOW TO BUILD A PARTICIPE PASSÉ ?
 Verbs in French are classified in 3 groups.
 1er group = verbs ending with – ER (in infinitive form)
 2nd group = verbs ending with – IR (in infinitive form),
with ending – ISS with nous/vous/ils
 3rd group = all the rest (irregular verbs)
HOW TO BUILD A PARTICIPE PASSÉ ?
 To build the participe passé for verbs belonging to the
1st group, ending with – ER, and conjugated with
AVOIR.
 Take the verb in infinitive form, remove the ending --– ER, and replace it by the ending – É.
 Ex: Infinitive
Participe Passé

Nager 
Nagé
 Passé composé: J’ai nagé