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Learn to conjugate verbs in the passé composé tense of the indicative

Le passé composé de l'indicatif

When to use

The indicative passé composé tense in French is used to express actions that happened in the past and that have been completed. The passé composé is a 'perfect' tense, meaning 'completed', where as the imperfect tense is a past tense that is incomplete. Read Notable points for more. Its English equivalents are as follows:

Perfect tense
The tense that is composed with the '-ed' ending.

Eg. I went to the shop.
Present perfect tense
The tense that is composed as to have plus the past participle of the verb.

Eg. I have gone to the shop.
Emphatic past tense
The tense that is composed as did plus the plain form of the verb (the infinitive minus the 'to').

Eg. I did go to the shop.

Examples of use

Eg. 1)

Nous avons parlé avec notre professeur.

We have spoken with our teacher.

Eg. 2)

Vous avez choisi par où aller.

You chose which way to go.

Eg. 3)

J'ai vendu ma voiture parce que je ne la veux plus.

I sold my car because I no longer want it.

How to conjugate

Conjugate the verb avoir (to have) in the indicative present tense and use the past participle.

J'	ai + PP	I
Tu	as + PP	you (s.)
Il	a + PP	he, she, it
Nous	avons + PP	we
Vous	avez + PP	you (p., pol.)
Ils	ont + PP	they

With some verbs you will need to conjugate the verb être (to be), instead of avoir (to have), in the indicative present tense and use the past participle. There's only a small handful of these verbs, find all être verbs and more information here.

Je	suis + PP	I
Tu	es + PP	you (s.)
Il	est + PP	he, she, it
Nous	sommes + PP	we
Vous	êtes + PP	you (p., pol.)
Ils	sont + PP	they

-er verb
parler to speak
J'	ai parlé
Tu	as parlé
Il	a parlé
Nous	avons parlé
Vous	avez parlé
Ils	ont parlé

-ir verb
choissir to choose
J'	ai choisi
Tu	as choisi
Il	a choisi
Nous	avons choisi
Vous	avez choisi
Ils	ont choisi

-re verb
vendre to sell
J'	ai vendu
Tu	as vendu
Il	a vendu
Nous	avons vendu
Vous	avez vendu
Ils	ont vendu

Requiring être
aller to go
Je	suis allé(e)
Tu	es allé(e)
Il	est allé(e)
Nous	sommes allé(e)s
Vous	êtes allé(e)(s)
Ils	sont allé(e)s

Participles	Present Past
Indicative	Present Imperfect Simple Future Simple Past Passé composé Plus-que-parfait Past Perfect Future Perfect	-ER -IR -RE -ER -IR -RE
Subjunctive	Present Imperfect Plus-que-parfait Past
Conditional	Present Past Past (2^nd)
Imperative	Present Past

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