Passé Composé avec Être

Passé Composé avec Être
(It only gets more complicated from
here)
Avoir vs. Être
• While most french verbs use avoir as the
helping verb in the passé composé, two
groups of verbs use être as their helping verb.
The first group includes verbs of motion (see
masion d’être) the second group is that of
reflexive verbs.
To form (motion verbs)
• You form the passé composé of motion verbs
with two parts: the present tense form of the
helping verb être and the past participle of the
main verb. When using être, the past
participle has to agree in gender and number
with the subject. (I know… you hate me right
now.)
aller- to go
Je
suis
allé(e)
Tu
es
allé(e)
Il/elle/on
est
allé(e)(s)
nous
sommes
allé(e)s
vous
êtes
allé(e)(s)
Ils/elles
sont
allé(e)s
Negation
• To for the negation of a sentence, put the
ne…pas around the helping verbs.
– Je ne suis pas allé à l’école hier.
– Je ne suis pas revenu chez moi.
The Good News
• The good news is!!!!!!! Verbs of motion are
limited in number and easy to memorize. And
reflexive verbs are very easy to recognize.
YAY!!!!!!!
La Maison D’être
tomber
rester
devenir
monter
descendre
naître
mourir
Entrer dans
sortir
partir
Retourner
Rentrer
revenir
arriver
passer
venir
aller
Passé Composé with Ref. Verbs
• How do we recognize a reflexive verb?
• What is the formula for a reflexive verb?
• What do you already know about making a
reflexive verb passé composé?
• To make the passé composé of a reflexive
verb, you need to use être as the helping verb.
• The past participle must agree in number and
gender with the subject when there is NO
direct object following the verb. (I know…I just
blew your minds AGAIN!)
• So what on earth does that mean?
• Elle s’est lavée. BUT Elle s’est lavé les mains.
La formule
Se Laver
je
me
suis
lavé
(e)
tu
t’
es
lavé
(e)
Il/elle/on
s’
est
lavé
(e)(s)
nous
nous
sommes
lavé
(e) s
vous
vous
êtes
lavé
(e)(s)
Ils/elles
se
sont
lavé
(e) s
Negation
• To make a reflexive verb negative in the passé
composé, place ne…pas around the reflexive
pronoun AND the helping verb.
• EX- Je ne me suis pas levée tôt samedi.
Pratiquez!
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I showered.
You brushed your teeth.
He shaved.
We woke up.
They got ready.
They (elles) were mocking.
Pratiquez
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I combed my hair.
You dried your hair.
She went to bed (se mettre au lit).
We went to school.
They (Vous) went to work.
They (ils) washed their hands.