How to download useful tools to conjugate avoir in the past compound (Passé Composé) tense in French

The passé composé (compound past) is an action or event completed in the past.

The action has just taken places and it has just ended: the consequence of this action is perceptible at the moment of speaking.

Charlotte est partie, she’s gone. She not here anymore.

Passé Composé is to compound as it is made up of two elements.

It is made up of the verb, to be or to have (être ou avoir) and the main verb, which expresses what action took place. (partir / to go)

Examples of Passé Composé  :

J’ai mangé. I have eaten.

Je suis tombé. I have fallen down

Charlotte est partie. Charlotte is gone.

To make the compound past tense you take être or avoir in the present tense followed by the past participle of the verb.

Most compound past tense use avoir (to have). So it is necessary to revisit this much used well known verb avoir.

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A Spotlight on the verb Avoir at the past compound (Passé Composé) in French.

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Welcome to our fabulous French lesson about the verb avoir and the compound past tense.

It may sound tricky to understand how this rule works. but do not be afraid, it is simpler than you think speaking French can be so easy.

First, remember this simple rule:

Like all compound conjugations, the passé composé may be subject to grammatical agreement.

• When the auxiliary verb is être, the past participle must agree with the subject
• When the auxiliary verb is avoir, the past participle may have to agree with its DIRECT OBJECT

This is the most important thing to know ! When you get this, you got it!

Now let’s take it further. You just need 3 steps to get it.

1. Avoir at the present tense

At the past compound (Passsé Composé)  we conjugate Avoir at the present tense. So easy !

 

2. Past participle

To make your sentence at the compound past you just have to add the main verb. This one has to be conjugated at the past participle.

Let’s have a look at some simple examples and improve your French:

From the first group. The past participle is always é.

From the second group. The past participle is always i.

From the third group. The past participle changes.

3. Agreement

The most important thing to know is, with the compound past tense when conjugated with avoir agreement with the object pronoun occurs BEFORE the verb.

It seems crazy ! but it’s not. It’s easy.

Just look at these examples.

In English the sentence is :

John walked his two lovely dogs. John walked them.

In French:

John a sorti ses deux adorables chiens.

Il les a sortis.

In the first sentence, the verb doesn’t agree with the subject because it is conjugated with avoir. It does not agree with the direct object either because this one is placed after the verb. The direct object is “les adorables chiens”.

Whereas in the second sentence the direct object is placed before the verb.

“Les adorables chiens” has been replaced by “les” which is a direct object pronoun. So “sortir” has to agree with the direct object “les” which are the dogs.

I told you! it’s straightforward! Just to make sure you understand it properly, I give you more examples here and in no time you will speak fluently.

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How to understand French Possessive Adjectives Better

There are many French possessive adjectives so let’s learn them in this French lesson and make it clear and simple.

In English, you have 8 possessives : My your his her its our your and their.

In French, you have 10 more.

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How to understand French Possessive Adjectives Better?

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The French possessive adjectives are related to the noun.

They are words that say to whom or to what something belongs.

In English they are:

My Your His Her It’s Our Your (when you’re talking to more than one person) and Their.

In French, they are a few more.

You might remember that all French nouns are either masculine or feminine: As a result, all possessive adjectives in French have to agree with the gender of the noun.

Let’s put all of them in a table so you can understand clearly how it works.

You might have noticed that there’s no “its” in this table. This is because French possessive adjectives relate to the noun, and every noun has a gender.

There’s no need for the gender-neutral “its

Examples :

She has her book.

Elle a son livre.

It’s my car.

C’est ma voiture.

Our friends come tonight.

Nos amis viennent ce soir.

My Neighbor’s’ cat ; his name is Moustache.

Le chat de ma voisine ; son chat s’appelle Moustache.

Your home is very nice.

Votre maison est très belle.

Their children are adorable.

Leurs enfants sont adorables.

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Today, at French Lessons Australia, we are teaching you the verb

”VOULOIR”, meaning ”to want” to improve your French!

Uses of ”vouloir”

Vouloir indicates a strong will or command: “to want” or “to wish”.

Vouloir often precede an infinitive.

Eg. Nous voulons aller au restaurant. -> We want to go to the restaurant.

There is also a famous French expression which is: en vouloir à , meaning ”to be angry at”.

Eg. J’en veux à ma soeur de m’avoir pris mes chaussures. -> I am angry at my sister for having taken my shoes.

Conjugation of ”vouloir”

Vouloir is an irregular verb, so study it well as it will be really useful in your conversations!

Invite someone!

In English, when you want to invite someone you usually use the conditional: ”Would you like to…go to the restaurant tonight?”

In French, no need to use the conditional (such a relief, right?), you will use the present: ”Tu veux…aller au restaurant ce soir?”

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