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o2r2r024 19:18 9p2: passé composé with avoir Bans’S Vransn grease close window: [i] passé composé with avoir page: tap? 2 uses 2. formation 3. negation 4 ‘The passé composé is the most commonly used tense to refer to actions completed in the past. The passé composé may be translated into English in Ld a Tex aA Mancé ‘TovTE tA VIANDE Tex ate all the meat! | Tex amangé toute la viende! Tex has eaten all the meat! ‘Tex did eat all the meat! formation This tense is called the passé composé because itis composed of two elements: the present tense of an auxiliary verb (either avoir or dre), followed by a past participle: passé composé = present tense of auxiliary + past participle Note that in most instances the auxiliary verb is avoir, but some verbs require étre as the auxiliary. For regular verbs with an infinitive ending In -er, the past participle is formed by replacing the final er of the infinitive with -é. Listen carefully to the pronunciation of the passé composé of the verb ‘parler’. The past participle (pari) is pronounced the same as the infinitive (parler), even though they are spelled differently. 4) parler ‘to talk’ Lai pari, 1 (have) talked ous avons parlé, we (have) talked parle, you (have) talked vous avez parié, you (have) talked i, elle / on a pars, he, she (it) / one (has) ils / elles ont paris, they (have) talked cakes ‘The past participle of regular verbs with an infinitive ending In cir is formed by dropping the final «from the infinitive. For example, the past participle of fine is fini 4) finir ‘to finish’ {Jal fni, 1 (have) finished nous avons fini, we (have) finished 2s fini, you (have) finished vous avez fini, you (have) finished I, elle / on afini, he, she (it) / one (has) Ils / elles ont fini, they (have) finished finished ‘The past participle of regular verbs with an infinitive ending In -£8 is formed by replacing the final re of the infinitive M6 o2r2r024 19:18 tap2: passé composé with avoir with -u. For example, the past participle of perdre is perdu. 4) Note that many verbs, however, have irregular past participles. The past participles of many common irregular verbs perdre ‘to lose" lal perdu, (have) lost nous avons perdu, we (have) lost tu as perdu, you (have) lost ‘vous avez perdu, you (have) lost lost I,elle / on a perdu, he, she (it) / one (has) ils / elles ont perdu, they (have) lost which have avoir as an auxiliary are listed below. 4) ‘negation Negation of the passé composé is formed by placing ne ...pas around the conjugated verb, which, in this case, is the auxiliary avoir. 4) infinitive translation past participle avoir to have eu ae tobe wt faire todo ‘eit ouvir to open ouvert prendre to take ris mettre to put mis sulvee to follow suv boire to érink bu croire to believe ru volr to see vw savoir to know wu connaltre to know conn ire te say ait re to read w kere to write ‘écrit pouvoir to be able to pu vvouloir to want voulu devoir to have to ao tenir to hold tonu recevolr to receive ecu (Oh, regardez! Tex a mangé toute la viande! Tammy, au contraire, n'a pas mangé de viande! Elle est végétarienne, ‘comme la plupart des tatous. hitpsihwoutals.uteras.ecultenpritap2 hil (, look! Tex ate all the meat! Tammy, on the other hand, did not eat any meat! She Is 2 vegetarian, like most armadillos. 26 o2r2r024 19:18 Listen to the following dialogue: 4) Joe-Bob arrive chez Tammy. I! meurt de faim, Mais il est trop tard, Joe-Bob: Tammy, J'ai perdu ma collection de noix, Est-ce que je peux diner avec Tammy: Je suls désolée, Joe-Bob. Tex a fini toute la viande. A mon avis, ila trop mangé. Joe*Bab: Ce n'est pas grave Tammy. Je peux trouver quelque chose dans la cuisine Mon dieu, Tarwmy! Est-ce que tu as vu? Tex a dégobillé partout, C'est déguevlasse! Tammy: Ga ne m’étonne pas. Ce petit tatou carnivore, Il n'est pas aussi évalué que moll tap2: passé composé with avoir Joe-Bob arrives at Tammy's house. He is dying of hunger, But itis too late, Joe-Bob: Tammy, I lost my nut collection. Can I have dinner with y'all? ‘Tammy: I am sorry Joe-Bob. Tex finished all the meat. In my opinion, he ate too ‘much, Joe-Bob: It's okay Tammy. I can find something in the kitchen ... My gad, Temmmy! Have you seen? Tex threw up everywhere, It's disgusting! Tammy: That doesn't surprise me. That litle carnivorous armadilo, He is not as enlightened as I am! AROS) . cS ea ae a mecintl WE Give the passé composé of the verb indicated in parentheses. 1. Fiona: Corey, est-ce que tu de insecticide? (bolre) 2. Tex: 3) de nouveaux po’mes. (écrire) 3. Tex et Edouard 4, Tex et Tammy 5, Tammy le match de foot. (regarder) des amis hier soir. (rencontrer) hitpsshwoutals.uteras.ecutexpritap2 hil beaucoup de crépes pour Ia fete, (préparer) a6 oar2r024 19:18 {ap2: passé composé with avoir 6 ze visite & Paw-Paw. (rendre) 7 a= et Bette du shopping hier. (faire) 8 pm Corey et Joe-Bob, est-ce que vous mes devoirs dans le frigo? (voir) 9, mm et Bette: Nous nest-ce pas, Tex? (mincit) 10, ms / Joe-Bob, est-ce que tu le legon? (comprendre) re ie étudiants a Tex. (ne pas obéir) 12, Fiona: Alors, est-ce qu'on le film? (aimer) ‘Check answers (© 2014 « tex's french grammar « first year french # ut austin + contact viewed: Jeudl, 2 décembre 2021 hitpshwotals. texas ecutexpritap2 hil 4

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