[French lessons] The past

[SB555ify]

I have a question- Is "être" really used for the verb 'passer' in passé composé as given in your list of verbs that use être for passé composé? Because i think it's correct to say " J'ai passé .." (use of avoir) and not "Je suis passé .."

[0092003nightworld]

il m'a aide beaucoup. PASSE COMPOSE

[0092003nightworld]

merci beacoup. cela m'a beaucoup aidé

[881EJ]

Merci beaucoup! :) you really have a lot of good videos! You explains very well and I love your classes. Thanks a lot!

[sebasco9]

It is impossible not to say this language is beautiful. French is my third language, and I'll eventually move on to Portuguese. Excellent lessons.

[InfraRedSylvie]

perfect!

[saggitbow]

Hello, just a small request...could you please also show the meaning of the examples in English? for eg: il était venu = he had come. It will be very useful. thanks very much!

[birdsniper1975]

thank you very much

[sergioanew]

Thanks. I'm jst learning French and your tutorials have come in pretty handy. Congratulations on the excellent job. As I see it, the passé composé resembles the English present perfect tense, but, unlike English, it can be used for a definite time in the past, too.

[BenjaminFroberg]

My exam was good btw :)

[luca61399]

thanks...

[dewerare]

mercci beaucoup pour cette lecon, il est tres utile pour moi , je voudrais parle francais, parce que j'aime la facon de prononcer ont un grand jour ou nuit au revoir mon ami

[dewerare]

merci beaucoup pour cette video c'est tres bien pour moi, je voux apprendre francais au revior merci

[alisalim193]

thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks ,that was a great instructional video

[BenjaminFroberg]

Thank You So Much for Making this !

I'm having exam french tomorrow . :P

Thanks again :)

5 stars and a thumb up + a positif comment .

[polygimik]

very instructional. i love the authentic sounds both in english and french accents

[herbru74]

wow its a great help to count on this videos thanks a lot Mr. when i was learning english i had not internet now i`m learning french and i think this is great help thanks again Mr from venezuela

[antonfatso]

merci beaucoup!!! lol, but i have a question. you know 'vous'? sometimes it is used as a formal greeting for one person. do you still put the 's' at the end?

[thorfer]

@antonfatso oui =)

[Hybriya]

@antonfatso Yes. "Vou" doesn't exist in French. ;-)

[imagiers]

@antonfatso - Yes, the "s" is always present if it's singular or plural.

[FF34AS]

@imagiers Very good job mate I congratulate for all rthe stuff you upload, it is very helpful and nicely organized. How you get all the time and resources to do that? Is there a company that creates all these or just you? Is your profession a teacher mate? A BIG THANKS AGAIN :)

[Vermontist]

@antonfatso Yes, the word "vous" always has an "s" at the end.

[mchellem]

This is really good but it would help a lot if you put the english translations for the examples so that it is easier to understand.

[acberg1]

Also, may I question??

Why we say the imparfait for the verb "etre" is eteais etc, while we say nous sommes!!

[Hybriya]

@acberg1 Why... We can't really answer. You know, it's a rule of the French's language, even French like me don't know why :D

The fact is that with the imparfait we have to put the "ai" suffix, that's why I think It's better to say "étais", "était",... because of the "être" prefix, which is "êt".

I Hope It was useful.

[imagiers]

@acberg1 - "Être" among other verbs (faire is one of them as well) doesn't behave as the regular verbs. So it does mean that you only need to learn the basic form and then the endings will be the same as the other verbs.

[acberg1]

Very good!! But, please, with english translation!!

[BunnyDollAlix]

I'm in IB French and this is super helpful for studying! Thanks!

[bleublanc21]

I would be a great help if you could answer this has soon as possible. Does venir de + verb mean 'I just....(verb)'?

[imagiers]

Yes it does !

[laschicasdecristo]

@imagiers I understood it as ´viene de´ which means comes from in spanish, which is kinda the same, it helps to also know spanish, thanks for taking your time to do this by the way