past tense?

Question

can someone please explain thouroughly and easily for a 9th grader on how to do french past tense? im having trouble with it, and with my final around the corner, i need to know it. thank you!

so if a verb ends in re does the past participle become u? and with er does it become e with the accent? what about verbs that end in ir?

Answer 1

Regular Using “Avoir” [To have]

Subject+Correct Form Of Avoir [According To The Subject]+Verb In Past Participle
Je ’ai
Tu as
Il/Elle/On/Qui a
Nous avons
Vous avez
Ils/Elles ont

er verb e ending
ir verb i ending
re verb u ending

Examples:
1.I have danced/I danced/I did dance [all becomes the same in French] Danser
J’ai danse.
2.They [group of girls] chose. Choisir
Elles ont choisi.
3.You [formal/plural] sold. Vendre.
Vous avez vendu.

Some sentences may have more information, but the past tense always stays the same.

1.I danced in my house
J’ai danse dans ma maison.

Negative.

Put the ne/n’ pas around the avoir verb. The other verb stays the same.

1.I did not dance.
Je n’ai pas danse.
2.I did not dance in my house.
Je n'ai pas danse dans ma maison.

For most avoir passé compose, the plural and gender agreement does not matter. Therefore no extra e’s or s’s are needed.

Irregular Using Avoir

The formula is almost the same

Subject+Form of Avoir+Verb [but in different form]
The only way is to memorize the irregular verbs and their forms.

Negative :
Put the ne/n’ pas around the avoir verb.

Using Etre Verbs/ DR. MRS. VANDERTRAMP :

Subject+Correct Form Of Etre [According To The Subject]+Verb In Past Participle
Je suis
Tu es
Il/Elle/On/Qui est
Nous sommes
Vous etes
Ils/Elles sont

er verb e ending
ir verb i ending
re verb u ending

Your group of verbs that use this etre form for the passé compose can be remembered in the mnemonic “Dr. Mrs. Vandertramp”.
Devenir……….to become
Revenir……….to come back
Mourir……….to die
Retourner……….to return
Sortir……….to leave
Venir……….to come
Arriver……….to arrive
Naitre……….to be born
Descendre……….to descend
Entrer……….to enter
Rentrer……….to go back/come back in
Tomber……….to fall
Rester……….to stay/to remain
Aller……….to go
Monter……….to go/fly up
Partir……….to leave go






The past participle should be the original format [look to formula] where er becomes e, ir becomes i, and re becomes u. EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING:

venir venu
devenir devenu
revenir revenu
naître né
mourir mort


However in « etre » form the number and gender matters.
For a girl: add an extra e
For a group of girls: add es
For a group of boys or girls and boys: add s.

For Example Take Aller:

aller 'to go'
je suis allé(e), I went (have gone)
tu es allé(e), you went (have gone)
elle est allée, she went (has gone)
il / on est allé, he / one went (has gone)
nous sommes allé(e)s, we went (have gone)(s),
vous êtes allé[e][s] you went (have gone)
ils sont allés, they went, (have gone)
elles sont allées, they went, (have gone)

To make your sentence negative:
Put the ne/n’ pas around the conjugated “etre” verb.

Je suis arrive (e) a l’ecole.
Becomes :
Je ne suis pas arrive (e) a l’ecole.

Reflexive

Reflexive [what you do to yourself] always use ETRE.

Subject+Reflexive pronoun+Correct form of ETRE+Verb in Past Participle

Je me suis
Tu t' es
Il/Elle/On/Qui s'est
Nous nous sommes
Vous vous etes
Ils/Elles se sont

er verb e ending
ir verb i ending
re verb u ending

Example:
You shaved. [se raser]
Tu t’es rase(e).

Since you are using etre, number and gender matter.
For a girl: add an extra e
For a group of girls: add es
For a group of boys or girls and boys: add s.

For Example S’Amuser
s'amuser 'to have fun'

je me suis amusé(e), I had fun
tu t'es amusé(e), you had fun
il / on s'est amusé, he / one had fun
elle s'est amusée, she had fun
nous nous sommes amusé(e)s, we had fun
vous vous êtes amusé(e)(s), you had fun
ils se sont amusés, they had fun
elles se sont amusées, they had fun


To make the sentence negative add ne/n’ pas around the reflexive pronoun AND the conjugated etre verb:

You did not shave:
Tu ne t’es pas rase(e).

Answer 2

Past Participle Of Revenir

Answer 3

You take the past participle of the verb, for example, with attendre the past participle is attendu, while with chanter the past participle is chanté. Conjugate the irregular verb avoir before the past participle and you have past tense.

I sang
J'ai chanté

I have given you a good website for testing and practicing passé composé.

The second link is for the irregular verbs that use être instead of avoir.

Answer 4

le passe? oh la la... i think you should go tomorrow and by a book called 501 french verbs. its got all the tenses for all the verbs you will need. but i'll give you the passe for avoir, etre, et aller, ca va?
aller
je suis alle
tu es alle
il/elle/on est alle
vous etes alle
ils/elles sont alle
avoir:
j'ai eu
tu as eu
il/elle/on a eu
vous avez eu
ils/elles ont eu
etre
j'etais
tu etais
il/elle/on etait
ils/elles etaient
bonne chance(good luck)

Answer 5

There are many past tenses in French. You need to be more specific.