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The Past Tense in French | le passé composé

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1) Means past tense, but there are multiple different past tenses in french.
2) Covers completed actions or experienced actions.
3) French makes no distinction between completed and experienced actions.
4) Present tense of avoir/etre + past participle.
5 ) Reflexive verbs take etre and DR. & MRS. VANDERTRAMP (Deviner, Revenir, Mourir, Rentrer, Sortir, Venir, Arriver, Naitre, Descendre, Entrer, Rester, Tomber, Retourner, Aller, Monter, Partir).
6) Passe compose is not easy to translate in english because there are many forms of past tense in english
7) Verbs that end with er are conjugated to é - Tu as chanté. Ir verbs are conjugated to i - J'ai fini mes devoirs, and re verbs are conjugated to u. - Nous avons repondu
8) Verbs that have venir at the end will always have etre will instead of avoir.

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1) Passe compose would usually mean past tense but in French there are many different forms of the past tense
2) It is made up of two parts (avoir/etre + past participle)
3) Verbs that end in -er conjugate to -e with an accent.
4)Verbs that end in -ir conjugate to -I.
5)Verbs that end in -re conjugate to -u
6) DR. & MRS. VANDERTRAMP stands for the verbs that use etre instead of avoir
7) In French I played and I have played are the exact same thing
Ex. 1) J'ai  attendu
Ex. 2) Je regarder le film --> J'ai regardé le film
Ex. 3) il etre aller au parc --> il est allé au parc

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1) In english, passe compose is correctly known as present perfect.
2) French makes no distinction between completed and experienced actions
3)(present tense of avoir/être)+past participle, is how you conjugate
4)past participle depends on the type of infinitive. (Infinitive -er/ir/re + -é/-i/-u) Example: Jouer---> Joué
Finir---> Fini    Attendre---> Attendu
5) être verbs are all intransitive. Example: Je suis monté --> J'ai monté la montague
6) Each letter in the words Dr. & Mrs. Vander Tramp stands for a verb.
7) Most verbs use avoir, but some use être

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1) passe compose refers to completed actions and experienced actions. But when writing and speaking in french, they do not differ from each other.
2) Made of 2 parts: Present tense of etre/avoir + past participle, je SUIS monté, j'AI joué, tu AS fini, tu ES sorti
3) Most verbs use avoir, but some use etre. Reflexive verbs used etre and so does the verbs in the acronym DR. & MRS.  VANDERTRAMP
4) Devenir, Revenir, Monter, Rester, Sortir,  Venir, Aller, Naitre, Dedcendre , Entrer, Rentrer, Tomber, Retourner, Arriver, Mourir, Partir: Past participles that come after etre.
5) er -->  é , ir ---> i , re ---> u
6) Example of er: J'ai joué au foot
7) Example of ir: Tu as fini les devoirs
8) Example of re: Vous avez repondu les questions
9) 3 different ways to say passe compose in english, but only one way in french. i HAVE played, i DID play, i played, j'AI joué
10) etre verbs are intransitive: je suis monte
Avoir verbs are Transitive: j'ai monte la montagne

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1)Used to express complete expressions and experienced actions.
2) Present tense of avoir/être plus past participle.
3)er-é Ex-j'ai joué au tennis
ir-i Ex-Elle a fini ses devoir
re-u Ex- Nous avons attendu le bus
4)Most verbs use the present tense of avoir
5)Reflexive verbs use the present tense of etre
6) DR. and MRS. VANDERTRAMP Mnemonic devices which past participles use with the present tense of être
7) D-Devenir R-Revenir M-Mourir R-Rentrer S-Sortir V-Venir A-Arriver
8) être are all intransitive
9) There's 3 different ways of past tense in English
10)There's more then one past tense in French

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1) French makes no distinction between completed and experienced actions
2) All past tense verbs use either avoir or etre, most use avoir
example: Ils ont joué
3) Reflexive verbs ( verbs like m'appelle, t'appelle, and s'appelle ) use etre.
4) When verbs with IR it conjugates to -I
Example : Finir ----> fini (finish)
5) When verbs with ER it conjugates to -E
Example: Joué
6) When verbs with RE conjucates to -U
Example: attendu
7) Irregular verbs are DR. & MRS. VANDERTRAMP
Example: Devenir (to become)
Revenir (to come back)
Mourir ( to die)
Rentrer (to go back in)
Sortir (to go out)
Venir (to come)
Arriver (to arrive)
Naitre ( to be born)
Descendre (to go down)
Entrer (to enter)
Rester (to stay)
Tomber (to fall)
Retourner (to return)
Aller (to go)
Monter (to go up)
Partir (to leave)
8) Etre verbs are all intransitive
Example: je suis monté
9) If a direct object receiving the action is added to an intransitive verb it uses avoir
Example: j'ai monté la montagne ( montagne is the object)

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1) Passe Compose is difficult to translate into English because there is more than one form of past tense.
2) To be conjugated as passé composé it must have been completed and/or experienced.
3) There is no distinction between the two
4) Verbs in the DR. & MRS. VANDERTRAMP acronym use être instead of avoir: Je suis veni
5) er verbs become é (joué), ir verbs become i (fini), and re verbs become u (attendu)
6) Etre verbs are all intransitive (je suis monté)
7) means past tense but in French there are different types of past tense
8)The most verbs used in Passe Compose is ètre and avoir
9) Avoir is more common
10) Aller is normally irregular (je vais, il vont) but in passé composé it is just allé