used to talk about
something that happened
in the past
You need two parts
to form the perfect
tense with avoir:
Anmerkungen:
the present tense of avoir
the past participle of the main verb
To get the past participle of regular verbs used with avoir:
verbs ending -er - take off -er and add -é, eg parlé (spoke)
verbs ending -ir - take off -ir and add -i, eg choisi (chose)
verbs ending -re - take off -re and add -u, eg vendu (sold)
Irregular Past Participles
When To Use
W/ Etre
MRS VANDERTAMPS (ACRONYM)
IMPERFECT
what something was like.
C'était plus an adjective can be used to give your
opinion on something
IMMEDIATE FUTURE
what is going to happen in the future.
formed by combining both: the
present tense of the verb aller & the
infinitive of the main verb