Unit 7 Labolangue finir and choisir Talking about
Unit 7 Labo-langue finir and choisir Talking about the past
Unit 7: Labo-langue finir and choisir You have met the present tense of regular -er verbs such as jouer (to play). Finir (to finish) and choisir (to choose) are examples of regular -ir verbs. © Oxford University Press 2014 finir choisir je finis choisis tu finis choisis il/elle/on finit choisit nous finissons choisissons vous finissez choisissez ils/elles finissent choisissent
Unit 7: Labo-langue Talking about the past I The perfect tense (le passé composé) in French is usually formed with the present tense of avoir and the past participle of the verb, for example visiter visité. J’ai visité means ‘I have visited’/‘I visited’. j’ai tu as il/elle a on a nous avons vous avez ils/elles ont © Oxford University Press 2014 joué visité trouvé acheté mangé fait … I have you have (singular) he/she has we have you have (plural) they have played visited found bought eaten done …
Unit 7: Labo-langue Talking about the past II The imperfect tense (l’imparfait) is used to describe what something was like: c’était (it was). Some verbs form the perfect tense with être (to be) and the past participle. For these verbs the past participle must agree with the gender of the people doing the action: © Oxford University Press 2014 je suis allé I went/I have been je suis allée I went/I have been tu es allé you went/you have been tu es allée you went/you have been
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