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French 2
NOTES – Unité 2 Leçon 8 Pgs. 130-137 Nom____________________
p.132 Grammaire A: Les Verbes comme SORTIR et PARTIR
These verbs are formed with 2 stems.
*For singular subjects (je, tu, il, elle, on) remove the last three letters of the infinitive to
get your stem.
Ex : Partir → Par-
*For plural subjects (nous, vous, ils, elles) remove the last two letters of the infinitive to
get your stem.
Ex : Partir → Part-
VERBS : Sortir – to __________ or to ____________
Partir – to ______________
Pronoun
SORTIR
PARTIR
Endings
Je
-s
Tu
-s
il/elle/on
-t
nous
-(t)ons
vous
-(t)ez
ils/elles
-(t)ent
Passé composé
Je suis sorti(e)
Je suis parti(e)
The passé compose of sortir* and partir is formed with être as the helping verb. (*most
of the time)
DORMIR is conjugated in the same pattern but it uses avoir in the passé compose.
Pronoun
DORMIR : to _________________
Endings
Je
-s
Tu
-s
il/elle/on
-t
nous
-(m)ons
vous
-(m)ez
ils/elles
-(m)ent
Passé composé
J’ai dormi

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Verbs conjugated like DORMIR:
Mentir (to lie), sentir (to feel or to smell), servir (to serve)
Pronoun
MENTIR : to _________________
Endings
Je
-s
Tu
-s
il/elle/on
-t
nous
-(t)ons
vous
-(t)ez
ils/elles
-(t)ent
Passé composé
J’ai menti
Pronoun
SENTIR: to ____________ or to_____________
Endings
Je
-s
Tu
-s
il/elle/on
-t
nous
-(t)ons
vous
-(t)ez
ils/elles
-(t)ent
Passé composé
J’ai senti
Pronoun
SERVIR : to _________________
Endings
Je
-s
Tu
-s
il/elle/on
-t
nous
-(v)ons
vous
-(v)ez
ils/elles
-(v)ent
Passé composé
J’ai servi
p.133 Grammaire B: Le passé composé avec être
Some verbs, mostly verbs of __________________ use être as their helping verb in the
passé composé.
Follow this pattern :
SUBJECT
+
PRESENT
TENSE OF ÊTRE
(conjugate être in the present
tense to match your subject
pronoun)
+
PAST PARTICIPLE
(must agree with subject in
number and gender)

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p.134 Vocabulaire: Les verbes conjugués avec être
Verbe
Participe Passé
Définition
aller
sortir
partir
arriver *
entrer †
rentrer•
retourner
monter
descendre
passer ‡
to pass by, to come by, to go by
rester
tomber
venir
revenir•
devenir
naître
mourir
* arriver may also mean “to happen” as in the expression “Qu’est-ce qui est arrivé?”
meaning “What happened?”
† entrer should be followed by one of the following prepostions DANS, CHEZ,
or à
‡ passer has several meanings. It is conjugated with être when it means to pass by, to
come by or to go by, but it is conjugated with avoir when it means to take a test or to
spend time.
• rentrer and revenir signify the return of people, you need to use rendre to signify the
return of an object, i.e. J’ai rendu les livres a la bibliothéque.
p.137 Grammaire C: L’expression Il y a
To express how long ago a certain event took place the French use the expression:
Il y a
+
elapsed time
Ex: I went to Quebec two months ago __________________________________

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If you like songs, sing the past participles to the tune of Ten Little Indians to remember
which verbs take être:
allé, arrivé, venu, revenu,
entré, rentré, descendu, devenu,
sorti, parti, resté, retourné,
monté, tombé, né et mort