7.1 Formation of the past tenses |
7.1.1 The passé composé |
transitive verbs | |||||
French | English | ||||
subject | auxiliary | perfect participle |
subject | auxiliary | perfect participle |
J' (m) | ai | acheté | I (m) | have | bought. |
J' (f) | ai | acheté | I(f) | have | bought. |
Tu (m) | as | acheté | You (m) | have | bought. |
Tu (f) | as | acheté | You (f) | have | bought. |
Il | a | acheté | He | has | bought. |
Elle | a | acheté | She | has | bought. |
Nous (m) |
avons |
acheté |
We (m) |
have |
bought. |
Nous (f) | avons | acheté | We (f) | have | bought. |
Vous (m) |
avez |
acheté. |
You (m) |
have |
bought. |
Vous (f) | avez | acheté. | You (f) | have | bought. |
Ils |
ont |
acheté |
They (m) |
have |
bought. |
Elles | ont | acheté | They (f) | have | bought. |
intransitive verbs | |||||
French | English | ||||
subject | auxiliary | perfect participle |
subject | auxiliary | perfect participle |
Je (m) | suis | venu. | I (m) | have | come. |
Je (f) | suis | venue. | I (f) | have | come. |
Tu (m) | es | venu. | You (m) | have | come. |
Tu (f) | es | venue. | You (f) | have | come. |
Il | est | venu. | He | has | come. |
Elle | est | venue. | She | has | come. |
Nous (m) |
sommes |
venus. |
We (m) |
have |
come. |
Nous (f) | sommes | venues. | We (f) | have | come. |
Vous (m) |
êtes |
venus. |
You (m) |
have |
come. |
Vous (f) | êtes | venues. | You (f) | have | come. |
Ils |
sont |
venus. |
They (m) |
have |
come. |
Elles | sont | venues. | They (f) | have | come. |
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