| 5.3 Formation of the perfect particple |
We have already mentioned that this is the french survival guide, which means that we have an overview about all the relevant topics that will enable you to speak French within a short time.One of the important topics is the formation of the perfect particple, because we need it to form several tenses. One of them is the passé composé. Later on we will go into the details.
To form the perfect participle we differentiate between verbs ending in -er, -ir, -re or in -oir, and within these groups again we have to see the regular and the irregular verbs.
| Formation of the perfect particple of regular verbs |
| Verbs ending in -er | Verbs ending in - ir | ||
| stem + é | stem + i | ||
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manger => mangé | |
finir => fini |
| to eat => eaten | to finish => finished | ||
|
parler => parlé | |
choisir => choisi |
| to speak => spoken | to choose => chosen | ||
|
fumer => fumé | |
dormir => dormi |
| to smoke => smoked | to sleep => slept | ||
|
penser => pensé | |
sentir => senti |
| to think => thought | to feel => felt | ||
| Verbs ending in -oir | Verbs ending in -re | ||
| stem + u | stem + u | ||
|
vouloir => voulu | |
battre => battu |
| to want => wanted | to beat => beaten | ||
|
voir => vu | |
conclure => conclu |
| to see => seen | to conclude => concluded | ||
|
recevoir => reçu | ||
| to receive => received | |||
|
apercevoir => aperçu | ||
| to perceive => perceived | |||
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