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passe compose

  • french past tense

  • passe compose is usually reserved for complete past actions

  • annoucnes what happened, actions that were completed

    • je suis arrive tot (i arrived early)

    • j’ai fini mes devoirs (i finished my homework)

  • passe compose expresses what happened a specific number of times

    • j’ai etudie lundi (I studied on (a specific) Monday)

    • j’ai perdu mon livre deux fois (i lost my book twice)

  • passe compose reports a change in a state of being, a new feeling

    • a ce moment, j’ai deteste l’ecole (at that moment, i hated school)

    • j’ai ete inspire par ton succes (i was (became) inspired by your success

  • passe compose interrupts an imparfait verb with news of some occurance

    • j’etais a l’ecoloe quand il a commence a pleuvoir (i was at school when it started raining)

    • j’essayais d’etudier mais mon ami m’a pose une question (i was trying to study but my friend asked me a question)

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passe compose

  • french past tense

  • passe compose is usually reserved for complete past actions

  • annoucnes what happened, actions that were completed

    • je suis arrive tot (i arrived early)

    • j’ai fini mes devoirs (i finished my homework)

  • passe compose expresses what happened a specific number of times

    • j’ai etudie lundi (I studied on (a specific) Monday)

    • j’ai perdu mon livre deux fois (i lost my book twice)

  • passe compose reports a change in a state of being, a new feeling

    • a ce moment, j’ai deteste l’ecole (at that moment, i hated school)

    • j’ai ete inspire par ton succes (i was (became) inspired by your success

  • passe compose interrupts an imparfait verb with news of some occurance

    • j’etais a l’ecoloe quand il a commence a pleuvoir (i was at school when it started raining)

    • j’essayais d’etudier mais mon ami m’a pose une question (i was trying to study but my friend asked me a question)