

Passé Composé
Presentation
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World Languages
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9th - 12th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Hard
Gaysha Fevold
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Le Passé Composé
How to express actions that took
place in the past.
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Composé=compound
• The Passé Composé is a 2-part verb
tense. COMPOUND! Just like
H2O=water, you MUST have both parts of
this tense.
• The two parts of the tense are:
– The auxiliary (avoir or être)
– The past participle
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Avoir—to have
• j’ai
nous avons
• tu as
vous avez
• il a
ils ont
• elle a
elles ont
• on a
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For now, we’re only using avoir.
The passé composé with être
will be taught in a later unit.
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Past participles.
In English we say
I walked
I have spoken.
The –ed and –en are past tense
endings for those verbs. In French
we have to give verbs past tense
endings, too.
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Past participles of
REGULAR VERBS
• -ER VERBS. Drop the –er PARLER
and add back –é….parlé
• -IR VERBS. Drop the –ir
and add back –i…..fini
• -RE VERBS. Drop the –re
and add back –u…..vendu
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Now add the two together to get
your compound verb, the passé
composé:
PARLER (example of –er verb)
• J’ai parlé
Nous avons parlé
• Tu as parlé
Vous avez parlé
• Il a parlé
Ils ont parlé
Notice the parlé never changes.
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FINIR (example of an –ir verb)
• J’ai fini
Nous avons fini
• Tu as fini
Vous avez fini
• Il a fini
Ils ont fini
Notice the fini never changes.
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VENDRE (example of an –re verb
• J’ai vendu
Nous avons vendu
• Tu as vendu Vous avez vendu
• Il a vendu
Ils ont vendu
Notice the vendu never changes.
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Translation into English
• There are 3 ways to translate the passé
composé into English:
J’ai parlé
• I spoke
• I have spoken
• I did speak
• NOTE: Don’t try to force English into the
translation!
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NOTE!
Don’t try to force English into the translation!
Just because j’ai parlé can be translated into
I did speak, don’t think you need a
different word to represent “did.” Just as
je parle=I speak, I am speaking, I do
speak……j’ai parlé=I spoke, I have
spoken, I did speak.
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EXAMPLES
• Il a parlé français avec moi.
(He spoke French with me.)
• Nous avons regardé tous les matchs des
Cardinals.
(We have watched all the Cardinals
games.)
• Avez-vous écouté mon nouveau CD?
(Did you listen to my new CD?)
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TROUBLE-SHOOTING
What’s wrong with the following?
• They spoke Spanish in Mexico.
Ils parlé espagnol au Mexique.
• She finished her homework last night.
Elle a ses devoirs hier soir.
• You sold your bike in September.
Tu as vendus ton vélo en septembre.
• They loved the film.
Ils a aimé le film.
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Corrected:
• Ils ont parlé espagnol au Mexique. (You
MUST have both parts of the verb!)
• Elle a fini ses devoirs hier soir. (You MUST
have both parts of the verb!)
• Tu as vendu ton vélo en septembre. (The
past participle never changes!)
• Ils ont aimé le film. (Incorrect conjugation
of avoir.)
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C’est votre tour….it’s your turn…
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the passé
composé for the verbs in parentheses.
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Tu ____________ (jouer) au foot avec Pierre?
2.
J’____________ (réussir) à l’examen.
3.
Il __________ (perdre) dix kilos.
4.
Nous __________ (adorer) la nouvelle
chanson.
5.
Vous __________ (choisir) les vestes rouges.
6.
Ils __________ (entendre) la musique en
classe.
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Les réponses correctes:
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Tu as joué au foot avec Pierre?
2.
J’ai réussi à l’examen.
3.
Il a perdu dix kilos.
4.
Nous avons adoré la nouvelle chanson.
5.
Vous avez choisi les vestes rouges.
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Ils ont entendu la musique en classe.
Est-ce que vous avez réussi? Did you succeed?
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Re-cap
• Passé composé=compound past verb tense
• MUST have 2 parts: auxiliary & past participle
• Auxiliary is avoir for now
• Past participles come from the main verb.
• Regular verbs drop their –er, -ir, -re endings and
add back –é, -i, -u respectively.
• The PC translates like this: j’ai parlé=I spoke, I
have spoken, I did speak.
Le Passé Composé
How to express actions that took
place in the past.
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