For avoir J'ai alle? but it sounds wrong..what should be the correct answer?
How do I know when to use etre and avoir to indicate past tense?
eg: J'ai bu - avoir boire
Je suis bu?- it seems wrong
je suis ne
J'ai ne? wrong ..
I am so confused
help!!!!
2007-08-16 01:05:44 · 8 answers · asked by Eris 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Apart from ALL the reflexive ones "je me suis lavé(e)" there are only a handful of verbs of motion that build the passé composé with être: aller, venir, arriver, partir, ascendre, descendre, tomber, mourir and naître. You just learn them all off by heart, no confusion at all.
2007-08-16 01:20:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Je suis allée but alors j'ai été visiter ce musée quand j'étais à Vancouver I "have" gone to that museum when I was visiting Vancouver.
J'ai bu "avoir bu"
Je suis né(e)
I know it's confusing but you say
I "am" going not I have going
I "have" drunk not to be confused with I "am" drunken (je suis saoûl)
I "was" born not I have born
To have = avoir
To be = être
Maybe not very clear but tried as I start to give you a simple tip tough there might be exceptions which I have to time to check right now!
So there is a logic behind it but the subject is very vast.
Greetings from Belgium and "bon courage"
2007-08-16 01:23:19 · answer #2 · answered by Flower Power - Peace & Love 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Je suis allee is correct. (It needs accent marks of course.) J'ai bu is correct as well. The verbs that use etre in the passe compose usually deal with some sort of movement. (Up, down, coming, going, etc.)
2007-08-16 01:19:33 · answer #3 · answered by frenchy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Etre is used with verbs of motion, a state in which you are etc., like
je suis alle
je suis parti
je suis venu (venir)
Avoir is used with verbs of action, which are most of the verbs
j'ai parle
j'ai mange
j'ai bu
j'ai lave
BUT etre is also used for passive verbs :
je me suis lave
2007-08-16 01:16:52 · answer #4 · answered by cpinatsi 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the least complicated way: if there's a pass or a transformation, you utilize être (for rester/to stay, you are going to be able to desire to think of you may desire to pass away yet you come back to a selection to no longer), for the different verbs, avoir. And if the verb is in a pronominal style (se laver, se sécher, se lever...), you utilize être. NB: passer if indicating a pass is with être, if no longer (passer du temps is to spend some time), avoir.
2016-10-10 08:28:01 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The general rule is:
aller-venir-revenir
arriver-partir-repartir- retourner
entrer-rentrer-sortir- ressortir
monter-remonter-descendre- redescendre
passer-repasser-rester
naître-devenir-mourir
tomber, parvenir, intervenir
Use "être"
Also, all pronominal verbs: "se laver", "se promener", etc. use être as their auxiliary.
All others (including être and avoir themselves), use "Avoir".
There might be a couple exceptions I forgot, but that's the gist of it.
2007-08-16 01:22:22 · answer #6 · answered by stym 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the following verbs are the most common verbs conjugated with être:
aller - to go
arriver - to arrive
descendre (redescendre) - to descend / go downstairs
entrer (rentrer) - to enter
monter (remonter) - to climb
mourir - to die
naître (renaître) - to be born
partir (repartir) - to leave
passer - to pass, spend time
rester - to stay
retourner - to return
sortir (ressortir) - to go out
tomber (retomber) - to fall
venir (devenir, parvenir, revenir) - to come
All pronominal verbs use être as the auxiliary verb as well:
se baigner - to bathe
s'habiller - to get dressed
s'imaginer - to imagine
se laver - to wash
se lever - to get up
se moquer - to make fun of
se préparer - to prepare oneself
se promener - to go for a walk
se raser - to shave
se reposer - to rest
etc.
2007-08-16 03:28:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Je suis allé.
J'ai été.
J'étais allé.
J'ai bu.
J'avais bu.
Je suis né.
J'étais né.
2007-08-16 01:14:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋