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19 Cards in this Set
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Passé Récent |
To have JUST done something
Venir de + [infinitive] Ex: Je viens de manger |
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Passé Composé |
avoir + past participle OR être + past participle (agreement) |
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Verbs with être in the Passé Composé |
EVERY REFLEXIVE VERB Plus: monter, rentrer, sortir, descendre, revenir, venir, aller, naitre, devenir, entrer, rester, tomber, arriver, mourir, passer, partir
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Etre verbs used with Aller sometimes in Passé Composé |
If conjugated with Aller, the following verbs have a different meaning:
Etre sorti - to leave avoir sorti - (to take out) etre monte - to have gone up avoir monte - to take up etre descendu - to go down avoir descendu - to have taken down etre rentre - to have come in avoir rentre - to have taken in etre passe - to have passed avoir passe - to have spent
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When is Passe Compose used: |
Expressing a completed action that was not habitual and happened longer ago than just now. Thus not the Passe recent. |
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Agreement of particple in Passe Compose |
Only when: reflexive verb when referring to subject Je me suis lavee one of the etre verbs Nous sommes partis when verb relates to direct object Je l'ai vue. La revue que j'ai vue. |
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Use of Passe simple |
Used like PC except it is used in fancy writing. |
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Formation of Passe Simple - er verbs |
take off the -er and add the following endings:
ai as a âmes âtes èrent |
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Formation of Passe simple - ir verbs |
IR verbs: (including voir, s'asseoir)
-is -is -it -îmes -îtes -irent |
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Formation of Passe Simple - tenir |
je tins tu tins il tint nous tînmes vous tîntes ils tinrent |
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formation of Passe simple - venir |
je vins tu vins il vint nous vînmes vous vîntes ils vinrent |
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Passe Simple of miscellaneous irregular verbs, -oir verbs, courir, mourir, and a few -re verbs |
-us -us -ut -ûmes -ûtes -urent |
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Passe simple of etre |
je fus tu fus il fut nous fumes vous futes ils furent |
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passe simple of aller |
j'allai tu allas il allat nous allames vous allates ils allerent |
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passer simple of avoir |
j'eus tu eus il eut nous eûmes vous eûtes ils eurent |
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Use of the Imparfait |
1. state of mind or physical condition 2. Habitual action 3. a situation in the past that was interrupted by a precise action |
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Comparison of past tenses (English) |
Passé récent - I just ate Passé Composé - I went to the store Imparfait - I used to go to the store, I was going to the store (when something happened PC) Plus Que Parfait - I had been playing before something happened (PC)
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formation of the Imparfait |
take nous form, remove -one and add the following endings:
-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -ient |
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formation of plus que parfait |
Just like Passe Compose EXCEPT:
Where you would put present tense etre/avoir, you put imparfait etre/avoir
Ex: J'avais marché (I HAD walked) Ex: Je m'étais promenée (I HAD taken a walk) Ex: J'étais tombé malade (I HAD gotten sick) |
