passe compose - reg, ireg, vander, reflexive
- passe compose is a past tense
- conjugation
- avoir conjugation
- add verb that you want to convert to past tense
- er become e (aimer → aimé)
- ir become i (finir → fini)
- re become u (pendre → pendu)
- ex : nous avons regardé la télé
- nous is the subject
- avons is avoir
- regardé is the past participle
- avoir + past participle is considered one verb
- cod and coi go before avoir, not before the infinitif
- translation of passe compose is equivalent to an english verb + ed
- irregular past participles for avoir
| faire | fait |
|---|
| avoir | eu |
| etre | été |
| prendre | pris |
| apprendre | appris |
| comprendre | compris |
| mettre | mis |
| promettre | promis |
| dire | dit |
| écrire | écrit |
| rire | ri |
| suivre | suivi |
| ouvrir | ouvert |
| découvrir | découvert |
| voir | vu |
| boire | bu |
| lire | lu |
| connaître | connu |
| savoir | su |
| recevoir | reçu |
| vouloir | voulu |
| pouvoir | pu |
| devoir | dû |
| vivre | vécu |
- irregular verbs with etre
- we use the acronym DR MRS P VANDERDRAMP
- these verbs have to be in agreement with their subject
- for fem. subjects, add a e, for masc. plur. subjects add a s, for fem. plur. subjects add es
- elle est allée
| d | devenir |
|---|
| r | revenir |
| m | monter |
| r | retourner |
| s | sortir |
| p | passer |
| v | venir |
| a | aller |
| n | naître |
| d | descendre |
| e | entrer |
| r | rentrer |
| t | tomber |
| r | rester |
| a | arriver |
| m | mourir |
| p | partir |
- passer can be conjugated with avoir or etre depending on the meaning of the sentence
- passer - to spend time (avoir)
- passer par - to pass by (etre)
- some vandertramp verbs can use both etre and avoir
- monter, retourner, sortir, passer, descendre, entrer, rentrer
- etre is used when the verb does not take or have a direct object (not followed by le/la/les, if followed it’ll be by de/dans/du or a preposition)
- action done is not being done to someone or something
- pierre est passe me voir hier - pierre passed by to see me yesterday
- je suis sorti hier - i went out yeserday
- je suis rentre tot
- ils sont rentres chez eux
- avoir is used when the actions is being done to a direct object and each sentence will have a direct object
- to help, you can ask yourself “verb +quoi/what”
- avons passe quoi? passed what?
- if there is no answer to the question, you used it wrong and need to review more
- all reflexive verbs are conjugated in passe compose using etre
- there is a gender/number agreement on past participle
- lave(es), leve(s)
- when there is a body part in the sentence, there is no agreement in the sentence!
- no lave(es) !!!
- order is subject + reflective pronoun + etre + past participle + agreement
- for negative, the negation goes around the reflexive pronoun and the conjugated verb
- je ne me suis pas lave les mains
- elle ne s’est pas levee de bonne heure
- vous ne vous etes pas brosse les cheveux