Le Passé Composé: IR, ER, RE

Le Passé Composé: IR, ER, RE

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There are three main parts to the past tense in French. The following formula represents these three parts: Le sujet + L’auxiliaire + Le participe passé

Le Sujet

When you compose a sentence, a subject is usually included. The subject is the person(s) and/or thing that is performing the action/verb. In French, these are the common subjects:

Je – I Nous – We
Tu – You Vous – You all, you
Il – He Ils – They (group of males, or male(s) and female(s))
Elle – She Elles – They (group of females)
On – We

 

L’Auxiliaire

For regular ir, er, and re verbs, the auxiliary would be the verb “avoir” conjugated into the present tense. It is important to pay attention to the subject of the sentence to ensure that the conjugation is associated to the appropriate subject.

J’ai Nous avons
Tu as Vous avez
Il/Elle/On a Ils/Elles ont

 

Le Participe Passé

The conjugation of the infinitive verb to the past participle varies for each type of regular verb. Below are the conjugations for er, ir, and re verbs.

ER verbs

Take out the -er ending and substitute it with “é” for all of the subjects.

Example: Parler

J’ai parlé Nous avons parlé
Tu as parlé Vous avez parlé
Il/Elle/On a parlé Ils/Elles ont parlé

 

IR verbs

Take out the -ir ending and substitute it with “i” for all of the subjects.

Example: Finir

J’ai fini Nous avons fini
Tu as fini Vous avez fini
Il/Elle/On a fini Ils/Elles ont fini

 

RE verbs

Take out the -re ending and substitute it with “u” for all of the subjects.

Example: Vendre

J’ai vendu Nous avons vendu
Tu as vendu Vous avez vendu
Il/Elle/On a vendu Ils/Elles ont vendu

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