PASSÉ COMPOSÉ (Past) (Compound) This is a compound tense: Therefore we are working towards 2 WORDS

 Auxiliary Verb (Helper Verb) WORD #1WORD #2  Past Participle of our action (P.P.)

THE HUNT IS ON FOR 2 SEPARATE WORDS THAT WILL WORK TOGETHER TO MEAN ONE PAST ACTION: slept, ate, saw, drank, danced, tweeted (JK )

 I hope you remember the conjugations!!!! Je _____ Nous ______ Tu _____ Vous ______ Il _____ Ils _______ Je ______ Nous ______ Tu _____ Vous ______ Il ______ Ils _______ THE HELPER WILL ALWAYS BE: AVOIR ÊTRE OR

95% OF ALL VERBS USE AVOIR: EASY!! Well, then which verbs make up the Sweet 16 that use être???????

 D descendre  R rester  M mourir  R retourner  S sortir DR MRS VANDERTRAMP  Vvenir  Aaller  Nnaître  Ddevenir  E entrer  Rrevenir  Ttomber  Rrentrer  Aarriver  Mmonter  Ppartir **And all reflexive verbs**

THE HARD PART IS OVER Now, add on the Past Participle for the verb and call it a day.

EACH VERB HAS ONLY 1 P.P. For all ER Verbs: drop the ER and add é For all IR verbs: drop the R and finish the verb with just i For all RE verbs: drop the RE and add a u

 Fairefait  Voirvu  Boirebu  Avoireu  Connaîtreconnu  Devoirdu  Diredit  Ecrireécrit HOWEVER, THERE ARE A FEW THAT ARE IRREGULAR AND ARE WORTH MEMORIZING:  Etreété  Lirelu  Mettremis  Mourirmort  Naîtrené  Prendrepris  Venirvenu  Vivreveçu  Vouloirvoulu

EXAMPLES  I ate.Manger J’ai mangé.  You swam. Nager Tu as nagé.  He went. Aller Il est allé.  We saw. Voir Nous avons vu.