Comment savoir si c’est l’auxiliaire être ou avoir ?
Avoir ou être – choix de l’auxiliaire – cours
| verbe transitif | verbe intransitif | verbe pronominal |
|---|---|---|
| ‘avoir‘, accord avec le COD s’il précède | ||
| souvent ‘être‘, accord avec le sujet | ‘être‘, accord avec le COD s’il précède pouvant représenter le sujet |
What is the difference between Passe Compose and imparfait?
- French Imparfait is the English Imperfect tense and passe compose is present perfect tense in English. In general terms, imparfait talks of past situations and passe compose speaks of specific situations. Moreover, imparfait can also set the stage for a situation expressed with passé composé.
What are the Passe Compose endings in French?
- The Passe Compose in French is a form of the past tense. It is specifically used for actions that began and ended in the past. Literally translated, Passe Compose means composed past. It is a composed tense since it requires an auxiliary verb – avoir or etre and a past participle to form it.
What is avoir in past tense?
- ‘Avoir’ and Tenses Denoting the Past. Avoir is an auxiliary verb, which means it’s used to build compound tenses, such as passé composé. Most French verbs use avoir to form their compound tenses, so it’s essential to memorize and understand avoir.
What is the past participle of avoir?
- Note that in most instances the auxiliary verb is avoir, but some verbs require être as the auxiliary. For regular verbs with an infinitive ending in -er, the past participle is formed by replacing the final -er of the infinitive with -é.
