Passe Compose
Passe Compose is used to describe an action that has just happened, which is completed already. In order to construct Passe Compose one must decide auxillary verb fits the situation. There are two main auxillary verbs in French, Etre and Avoir. After deciding which verb is correct look at the formula of construction-
La Formule est: Subject + Conjugation of Auxillary verb + Past Participle of verb.
Here is the conjugation of Etre: Here is the conjugation of Avoir
Je suis J'ai
Tu es Tu as
Il/Elle/On est Il/Elle/On a
Nous sommes Nous avons
Vous etes Vous avez
Ils/Elles sont Ils/Elles ont
In order to form the past participle the verb has to remove it's ending of 'er ir re' and replace them with new endings as followed. There are exceptions as this is for regular verbs.
er___é
ir____i
re___u
When verbs take up Etre the past participle changes depending upon Number Gender and Subject. For the feminine form the participle gains an 'e', for the plural form it gains an 's' and for the feminine plural form it gains an 'es'.
The irregular 'Etre' verbs can be remembered in the following ways described on the left hand side.
If an individual has a really good visual memory this picture will help out below.. Also there is of course the ' Le cercle de la vie' on the left hand side'. There are many verbs which go to avoir that are irregular so practice is required everyday in order to perfect Passe Compose.