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If you're watching this video, you probably really want to learn French, and you already have an understanding of the present tense. Perhaps you're ready to begin talking about things that you've done, things that have happened, things that have had a definite beginning and ending? If so, this means you're ready to learn the PASSÉ COMPOSÉ (that's just the simple past, by the way). It's called the PASSÉ COMPOSÉ because in French, the simple past is made up of two parts: helping verb + past participle. Read on and you'll see that it's really not that complicated at all!

As you've been learning French, I'm sure you've come across the verb "AVOIR". That means "TO HAVE". This verb is super important in forming the passé composé of regular verbs, because it will serve as your "helping verb".

Helpful hint: The passé composé is MUCH simpler than the present tense... there are no conjugations to learn!

In order to form the passé composé of all of these regular verbs (and remember, there are lots and lots of regular verbs that fit into these three categories, and they all work the same way), all you need to know is the verb AVOIR + the past participle of the regular verb.

For regular verbs ending in -er, all you have to do is take the -er off of the infinitive (the non-conjugated form of the verb, like PARLER, for example), and add "É". What does that look like? Well, the verb PARLER becomes PARLÉ in the past participle form.

Follow the same pattern for -ir verbs, like FINIR. The only difference is that you'll form the past participle by simply taking off the "R" on the end of the infinitive. FINIR becomes FINI

And you guessed it, the -re verbs follow the same pattern. To form the past participle of regular -re verbs, take off the -re and replace it with "u": RÉPONDRE becomes RÉPONDU Minder weergeven