Perfect tense

French, past tense

Defenition

we use it to say simple past actions

Formula

Auxilary avoir or être conjugated in the present tense + past participle

Endings changing for past participle

er-é

ir- i/u (if it is irregular)

re- u/i (if it is irregular)

Strategy for auxilary

we choose auxilary être if the verb is part of the following categories

• dr and mrs vandertamp (use dr and mrs vanderttamp flashcards)

• reflexive verbs

• movment verbs

if the verb is not of the above categories choose auxilary avoir

2nd part of the Strategy

If we do choose auxilary être we must coordinate the past participle in gender and number with the subject/noun doing the action

what is something that is annoying

There are exceptions(use exception flashcards)