COMPOUND TENSES It is also called Complex Tense
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COMPOUND TENSES It is also called “Complex Tense”. It is a tense that requires an “Auxiliary Verb” in addition to the Ending at the end of the Verb Stem. Auxiliary? Mère. Grand What is a compound tense?
Often the verbs -Avoir -Être (to have, i gael) or Mè Gr rean d (to be, i fod) Are used. It is another verb necessary to complete some tenses like the Perfect and the Plu-Perfect. What is an “Auxiliary Verb”?
il a joué he has play ed Auxiliary verb In this case “to have” Past Participle form of Active Verb Let me show you what I mean with an example using the Perfect tense of “Jouer” (to play, i Chwarae).
Present tense of “to have” or “to be” Imperfect tense of “to have” or “to be” Past Participle of Active verb Perfect Tense Past Participle of Active verb Plu. Perfect Tense Click on me if you have forgotten what these tenses are in English or Welsh and go to slides 8, 9 and 10 lesson 1. Yep! You could put it into this formula. . . So if I know the present and the imperfect tense of “to have” or “to be” + the Past Participle of the active verb, I can construct the Perfect and Plu-Perfect tenses in French
J’ ai jou é J’ avais jou é tu avais jou é il avait jou é elle avait jou é nous avons jou é ER verb JOUER nous avions jou é vous avez jou é ils ont jou é ils elles ont jou é elles avaient jou é Passé composé Let’s deal with verbs using “to have” to start with. vous aviez jou é avaient jou é Plus-que-Parfait OK, we’ll deal with the auxiliary “to be” in another lesson.
J’ ai fin i J’ avais fin i tu avais fin i il avait fin i elle avait fin i nous avons fin i nous avions fin i vous avez fin i vous aviez ils ont fin i ils elles Mère- ont fin i elles avaient fin i Passé composé Plus-que-Parfait Grand Oh Brillant, only the Past Participle changes Vaurien ! fin i avaient fin i Hey, hey! IR verb FINIR
J’ ai vend u J’ avais vend u tu avais vend u il avait vend u elle avait vend u nous avons vend u nous avions vend u vous avez vend u vous aviez ils ont vend u ils elles ont vend u elles avaient vend u Passé composé Look, Mère-Grand! RE verb VENDRE vend u avaient vend u Plus-que-Parfait
Click on the squirrels ER verb Practice Passé composé Plus-que-Parfait
i. R verb Click on the squirrels Practice Passé composé Plus-que-Parfait
Re verb Practice Click on us Passé composé Plus-que-Parfait