Être or Avoir in the Passé Composé in French... French PAST TENSE explained!
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- Do you know how to form the passé composé in French? It's tricky to know when to use Être or Avoir as the auxiliary when forming the past tense in French, but in this video, I'll explain to you the difference between the two. Plus I'll explain French movement verbs and French reflexive verbs!
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This is something, even as an intermediate learner, that I never considered and actually struggled with recently! The way you explained this resonated with me more within 5 minutes than simply learning phrases in the passé composé ever did. Merci beaucoup, Madame!
The necessary points I took in my notes :
Le passé composé (the compound past tense)
= auxiliary verb - a key verb which helps to change a verb in specific tense
+ past participle
There are two auxiliary verbs
Être (to be)
Avoir(to have)
If we say - you played
{Passé compose ( passive voice)}
With avoir - (auxiliary) + past participle
It will be - tu as. joué
|. |. |
|. |. |
Pronoun. Avoir. Past participle
Or
You fell - tu es tombé
(es is être)
Also add onto your notes joué(e), tombé(e) because if it was a female who is doing the action you write the extra e, if it is male you don't add the e
Examples
Il a joué
Elle a jouée
Il est tombé
Elle est tombée.
To add on for a little more advanced sentence, when there is a direct object involved
For example: a man buying a car.
J'ai acheté une voiture
I have bought a car
Acheté remains for masculine because the subject is a man. But what if the direct object suddenly comes before the verb? Do note objects use le/la when a verb done to them, and when using passé composé it must be next to the auxiliary verb.
La voiture, que j'ai achetée, est là
The car, that I bought, is there
Or, if appropriate, can use the word it instead
Je l'achetée
I bought it
The reason it is like this is because the past participle now has to agree with the direct object as the direct object comes before the past participle, in which cause, la voiture, is feminine.
Thanks for the information.😊
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The basic rule of thumb is as follows: 'Avoir' is used for transitive verbs (that is, verbs that take a direct object). Examples include 'Manger', 'Voir', 'Regarder' and 'Lancer'. 'Être' is used for intransitive verbs (that is, verbs that do not take a direct object), especially (BUT NOT ONLY!!!) verbs of movement.
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So helpful ❤ thank you so much ❤ for 3-4 days I was so confused about this avoir and etre. Lucky I found your video ❤ you explained it very good 👍
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Merci beaucoup. Je ne connaissais pas la différence entre avoir et être mais cette vidéo m'a aidé.
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My problem was using etre or avoir with the past tense. Thanks for the acronym introduced.
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This was always something I found a little interesting because in certain colonized parts of the francophonie, avoir is still used more often than être. I still hear je suis né but also j'ai été né, j'ai été au bal, on a descendus, etc.
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I have a question- If I want to say I went down on the elevator or Escalator would I still use the verbe être -Je suis descendu sur l'élévateur would IT be J'ai descendu sur l'élévateur
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Movement Verbs in German are as well used with to be. Nice video.
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There's DR AND MRS P VANDERTRAMP verbs and all reflexives which all take ETRE in past tense
Hello ma'am, first of all thank you for making these videos for the people who are eager to learn a new language. Second of all, About the acronym DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP i saw on google that it actually has 17 letter instead of 16. The additional verb was 'passer' could you explain that as well. Please and thank you
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My native language is Dutch and we use to have and to be (hebben en zijn) the almost same as in French. I can see why native English speakers are struggling with this.
There are some differences though. 'I have washed myself' is 'ik heb me gewassen' in Dutch. So I have to get used to saying 'je me suis lavé'!
The list of verbs that use être in the passé composé.... Sing to the tune of, "Hi ho, Hi ho. It's off to work we go."
Only these 16 verbs come with Etre?
thanks!
So much better an explanation than Duolingo
Quite literally "etre for state of doing, and avoir for a state of being"
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I fully understand what you’re saying. However , j’ai été also exists and it’s used and correct. How does Avoir work with être in such a case ?
« j’ai été » is the past tense of the verb « être »
@@michelcolmant1714 then, do you say « j’ai été à Paris ? »
@@Mr.S65 If you want to express an idea of movement, it is better to say « je suis allé à Paris »
But if you say « j’ai été à Paris », a familiar form often used, you will be understood too
The general rule is that you use le passé composé to talk about a specified time period in the past and l'imparfait to talk about the past in general. But the verb être is a bit tricky. To say "I am in Paris" in the past tense, you have to use l'imparfait even when you talk about a specific time period :
j'étais à Paris la semaine dernière.
To say "Have you ever been to Paris?" (note: to, not in, Paris is used to indicate a movement) = Have you ever traveled to Paris? You'll need to say (Est-ce que) tu es jamais allé à Paris?
This said, if you look up the verb être online and click on the Larousse site link, you'll see the following:
En langue courante ou familière s'emploie comme substitut du verbe aller aux temps composés ; en langue littéraire s'emploie au passé simple ou à l'imparfait du subjonctif au sens de s'en aller : J'ai déjà été chez lui hier. Il s'en fut dans la forêt.
A DOUBT what about the verb passer
Does it important to pronounce the french alphabets as English alphabets?
No some letters sound different and some are also nasal sound
Etre avoir imparfait please
Merci peaucoup alexa
if a verb is in the part of DR MRS VANDERTRAMP then auxilary verb will be etre
So if subject=object then "etre", and if subjectobject then "avoir".
Excellent.t1
Something is easier for you, if any action that use legs, it will be être
This is my biggest Achilles heel in the French language, because saying "je suis venu" for example makes no sense in english (I am came) so I instinctually always say "j'ai venu".
4:28 my French teacher said it to learn it like DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP
dude look here 2:59
Lol i didn't notice