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les sciences<br />
naturelles<br />
natural<br />
sciences<br />
d'autres<br />
matières<br />
other subjects<br />
la biologie<br />
la bio<br />
biology le dessin drawing<br />
la chimie chemistry l'informatique (f) computer science<br />
la technologie engineering la littérature literature<br />
la physique physics la musique music<br />
G: Passé Composé with Regular Verbs<br />
Main article: French/Grammar/Tenses/Present perfect<br />
The passé composé is a perfect tense, and is therefore composed of an auxiliary verb and a past participle.<br />
With most verbs, that auxiliary verb is avoir.<br />
Meaning<br />
In English, verbs conjugated in the passé composé literally mean have/has ____ed. While there is a simple<br />
past tense in French, it is almost only used in formal writing, so verbs conjugated in the passé composé can<br />
also be used to mean the English simple tense.<br />
For example, the passé composé form of parler (to speak), [avoir] parlé, literally mean has/have<br />
spoken, but also means spoke.<br />
Basic Formation<br />
To conjugate a verb in the passé composé, the helping verb, usually avoir, is conjugated in the present<br />
indicative and the past participle is then added.<br />
Auxiliary Verb - Avoir<br />
Conjugate avoir in the present indicative.<br />
j'ai I have nous avons we have<br />
tu as you have vous avez you have<br />
il a he has ils ont they have<br />
Past Participle<br />
-er verbs - replace -er with é<br />
-ir verbs - replace -ir with i<br />
-re verbs - replace -re with u<br />
irregular verbs - varies, must be memorized.<br />
Formation of the Past Participle<br />
Verb Group Infinitive Stem Past Participle<br />
-er verbs jouer jou joué<br />
-ir verbs finir fin fini
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