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Learn to conjugate past participles

Le participe passé

When to use

The past participle is used in French is used either in compound verbs as the past participle itself or as a past tense adjective. Its English equivalents are as follows:

Past participle
The past tense that has the '-en' or '-ed' ending.

Eg. I have taken the recipe.
Past tense adjective
The adjectives that are verbs in the past tense.

Eg. She is exhausted.

Examples of use

Eg. 1)

Nous avons parlé avec notre professeur.

We have spoken with our teacher.

Eg. 2)

Aussitôt que l'empereur eut signé le traité, la guerre se termina.

As soon as the emperor had signed the treaty, the war ended.

Eg. 3)

Les photos prises par ta sœur.

The photos taken by your sister.

How to conjugate

Drop the final 'er', 'ir' or 're' of the infinitive of the verb and add the following endings. The infinitive of the verb is plain form of the verb that is found in a dictionary.

Verbes -er	-é	-ER verbs
Verbes -ir	-i	-IR verbs
Verbes -re	-u	-RE verbs

Examples of conjugation

aimer to love, to like
Tous	aimé

choisir to choose
Tous	choisi

vendre to sell
Tous	vendu

Notable points

Adjective agreement
It is important to remember that when past participles are used as adjectives, they need to agree with the noun they're describing in number and gender. The following example has a noun that is singular and masculine, therefore the adjective doesn't need to change.
Le trésor découvert vaut une fortune !
The treasure discovered is worth a fortune!

But in the following example, the noun is feminine and plural. Therefore, the adjective needs to be modified.
Ces robes-ci sont fabriquées en France.
These dresses are made in France.

Other moods and tenses

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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