the perfect tense with etre the tense which shows you mean the past
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The Perfect Tense with Etre
The tense which shows you mean
the past
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To speak in the past you have to use either “Avoir”
or “Etre”
• 95 % of verbs work with avoir• The rest go with être• To use the perfect tense
successfully you must be able to use these two verbs confidently and accurately
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Etre [means “to be” ]
Je suis nous sommes
Tu es vous êtes
il/elle/on est ils/elles sont
It goes like this ………….
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Using Etre
Je suis +
nous sommes +
The verb “etre” in the right form
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Using Etre
Je suis
nous sommes
allalléé
alléalléss
& the action in the past
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Using Etre
Je suis
nous sommes
partpartii
partipartiss
& the action in the past
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Using Etre
Je suis
nous sommes
restéresté
restéresté
ss
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Using Etre
Je suis
nous sommes
arrivéarrivé
arrivéarrivéss
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Dr RRR Pavemants MD
Devenir to become Entrer to enter
Revenir to come back Mourir to die
Rentrer to go home Arriver to arrive
Retourner to return Naitre to be born
Rester to stay Tomber to fall
Partir to leave Sortir to go out
Aller to go Monter to climb up
Venir to come Descendre to go down
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Dr RRR Pavemants MD Devenu have become Entré have entered
Revenu have come back Mort have died!!
Rentré have gone home Arrivé have arrived
Retourné have returned Né have been born
Resté have stayed Tombé have fallen
Parti have left Sorti have gone out
Allé have gone Monté have climbed up
Venu have come Descendu have gone down
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Putting it all together with être
• Choose the right part of être• Work out the past participle of the
verb• Stick them together• Check agreement…… je suis allé
[for a boy] but nous sommes allés [for 2 people]
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Putting it all together with être & avoir
• Decide which verb is needed [95% or 5%]
• Choose the right part of être or avoir
• Work out the past participle of the verb
• Stick them together
je suis allé /nous sommes allésj’ai fait / nous avons fait