Denise Boise
September 2005
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Le Passé Composé is a verb
form used to describe things
that happened in the past.
Note the following examples:
J’ai acheté un jean.
Marc a choisi une veste.
Nous avons attendu nos
amis.
The passé composé consists of two words.
For most verbs, the passé composé is formed
using the present tense of avoir + the past
participle of the verb.
Present of avoir + past participle
Ex. J’ai visité Cincinnati.
Nous avons travaillé au centre commercial.
The past participle of regular verbs ending in -er, -ir,
and -re is formed by using the root of the verb (verb
with infinitive ending crossed off) as shown below:
Dites ce que les gens suivants ont fait pendant le
weekend.
Théo Etienne
Vous
Robert
Nous Marc