Unit 6 · Lesson 1
Passé Composé with avoir
Your first past tense in French. The passé composé is how you talk about completed actions — things that happened and are done.
How to form it
avoir (present) + past participle
-er verbs: remove -er → add -é
manger → mangé
-ir verbs: remove -ir → add -i
finir → fini
-re verbs: remove -re → add -u
attendre → attendu
J'ai mangé. I ate.
Tu as fini. You finished.
Il a attendu. He waited.
Past participles
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French
manger
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English
mangé: J'ai mangé une pizza.
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Avoir as auxiliary
j'ai mangé
I ate
tu as mangé
you ate
il/elle a mangé
he/she ate
nous avons mangé
we ate
vous avez mangé
you ate
ils/elles ont mangé
they ate
Infinitive to past participle
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Click a French word, then click its English match.
Passé composé with avoir
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Hint: j'ai + mangé
I ate a pizza last night.
Passé composé with avoir quiz
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How do you form the past participle of a regular -er verb?