The passé composé

The passé composé is either built with the auxiliary verb «avoir» (to have) or «être» (to be) and the participle of the verb.
Most verbs use the auxiliary verb «avoir» to form, so it is advised to learn those verbs which use «être».
Generally spoken, verbs that indicate a direction of movement or a dwelling use «être».
A list of common ones is compiled below:

aller	to go	descendre	to get off
venir	to come	entrer	to enter
rester	to stay	retourner	to return

The participle orientates on its object to form either male or female:

Formation of the passé composé:

conjugated form of «avoir/ être» + participle of the verb

Passé composé - perfect tense
voir (en. to see), a verb that conjugates with avoir		aller (en. to go), a verb that conjugates with être
j’ai vu	i have seen	je suis allé(e)	i was going
tu as vu	you have seen	tu es allé(e)	you were going
il, elle, on a vu	he/she/it has seen	il, elle, on est allé(e)	he/she/it was going
nous avons vu	we have seen	nous sommes allé(e)s	we were going
vous avez vu	You have seen	vous êtes allé(e)s	You were going
ils, elles ont vu	they have seen	ils, elles sont allé(e)s	they were going

Of course there is the Past perfect tense as well but to keep it manageable this chapter will be skipped.

French Grammar

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French «-oir» conjugation

Auxiliary verbs «avoir» (to have) and «être» (to be)

Formation of «imparfait»

Participle passé

Passé composé

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