Unit 7 Labo-langue finir and choisir Talking about the past

finir and choisir Unit 7: Labo-langue You have met the present tense of regular -er verbs such as jouer (to play). Finir (to finish) and choisir (to choose) are examples of regular -ir verbs. finir choisir je finis choisis tu il/elle/on finit choisit nous finissons choisissons vous finissez choisissez ils/elles finissent choisissent © Oxford University Press 2014

Talking about the past I Unit 7: Labo-langue Talking about the past I The perfect tense (le passé composé) in French is usually formed with the present tense of avoir and the past participle of the verb, for example visiter  visité. J’ai visité means ‘I have visited’/‘I visited’. j’ai joué visité trouvé acheté mangé fait … I have played visited found bought eaten done tu as you have (singular) il/elle a on a he/she has we have nous avons vous avez you have (plural) ils/elles ont they have © Oxford University Press 2014

Talking about the past II Unit 7: Labo-langue Talking about the past II The imperfect tense (l’imparfait) is used to describe what something was like: c’était (it was). Some verbs form the perfect tense with être (to be) and the past participle. For these verbs the past participle must agree with the gender of the people doing the action: je suis allé I went/I have been je suis allée tu es allé you went/you have been tu es allée © Oxford University Press 2014