FRENCH verbs: etre past tense conjugation

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FRENCH verbs: etre past tense conjugation

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FRENCH verbs: etre past tense conjugation

FRENCH verbs: etre past tense conjugationClick here if you want to see the video ETRE and AVOIR in the past tense on Youtube 🙂* Facebook (+22 000 subscribers)* Facebook (+22 000 followers)* Youtube Click on the links to be better at FRENCH grammar and to get more FRENCH vocabulary:1 – LEARN FRENCH FOR BEGINNER (HOW TO GREET), INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED (2 STORIES) – DOWNLOAD PDF2 – IMPROVE YOUR FRENCH IN 30 DAYS – DOWNLOAD PDF FRENCH verbs: etre past tense conjugation

How the past tense is constructed?The past tense = an auxiliary verb (ÊTRE or AVOIR in the present tense) + past participleExamples:J’ai (auxiliary verb AVOIR) mangé (past participle) des pommes. → I ate apples.Je suis (auxiliary verb ETRE) monté (past participle) dans la voiture. → I got in the car.Nous sommes (auxiliary verb ETRE) partis (past participle) à la plage. → We are after the beach.Il a (auxiliary verb AVOIR) attendu (past participle) sa sœur pendant 30 minutes. → He waited for his sister for 30 minutes.The auxiliary verb ETRE conjugated in the present tenseThe auxiliary verb AVOIR conjugated in the present tenseÊTRE and AVOIRThe auxiliary verb ÊTRE in the present tenseJe suisTu esll/elle estNous sommesVous êtesIls/elles sontThe auxiliary verb AVOIR in the present tenseJ’aiTu asIl/elle aNous avonsVous avezIls/elles ontMostly we use the auxiliary AVOIR. When do we use the auxiliary ETRE ? AVOIR1- If there is a DOC (Direct Object Complement)To find out if the sentence contains a DOC, we ask the question QUOI (WHAT) or QUI (WHO) after the verb.The verb + QUOI (WHAT) ? / QUI (WHO) ?Examples :J’ai mangé une pomme. → I ate an apple. J’ai mangé QUOI ? – une pomme. → I ate WHAT ? – an apple.Guillaume a attendu sa mère. → Guillaume waited for his mother. Guillaume a attendu QUI ? – Sa mère. → Guillaume waited for WHO ? – his mother. ETRE2- If the sentence is PASSIVE (passive form)A passive sentence with the past tense consists of the auxiliary ÊTRE in the past tense + past participle.Example:J’ai été (auxiliary ÊTRE in the past tense) bouleversé (participle past) par sa mort. → I was shocked by his death.The auxiliary ÊTRE in the past tenseJ’ai étéTu as étéIl/elle a étéNous avons étéVous avez étéIls/elles ont été3- If the verb is a PRONOMINAL VERBA pronominal verb is a verb preceded by the pronoun ‘se’ Examples:Se raser (shave), se laver (wash oneself), se regarder (look at yourself),…How to recognize a pronominal verb?It is conjugated in the following way:Singular1rst person: je me2nd person: tu te3rd person: il/elle sePlural1rst person: nous nous2nd person: vous vous3rd person: ils/elles seExamples:Je me suis lavé ce matin. → I washed this morning.Tu t(e)’es lavé ce matin. → You washed this morning. Il/elle s’est lavé ce matin. → He/she washed this morning.Nous nous sommes lavé ce matin. → We washed this morning.Vous vous êtes lavé ce matin. → You washed this morning.Ils/elles se sont lavé ce matin. → They washed this morning.4-The list DR & MRS VAN DER TRAMPIs the verb in the list DR & MRS ...