How to master le passé composé when speaking French

[@davidseymour6246]

Absolutely stunning - thank you so much for making these freely available. I have been teaching for forty years, and I can tell you that you are an excellent teacher.

[@annettecuaz1939]

Wow, Géraldine! Very comprehensive and a perfect lesson to revisit for reminders. Thank you for your gentle, encouraging style.

[@sserwaddaderrick1523]

I’ve just come here but trust me you are very excellent at what you do !!!

[@keeponpainting]

Your explanation is very good. The video is well paced thankyou for the lesson.

[@ghadeeradral8055]

Thank you so much, this is so helpful and yiu're a great teacher honestly Merci

[@gro16]

Excellent class today. You did what no one has been able to do. Make even I, understand this rule. Thank you for taking the time to explain it so beautifully.

[@baronessbooks9909]

Thank you Géraldine , I’m finding it helpful to have English said first and then told to translate it works the brain more than the other way around .

[@lkkhi]

So much thanks for this excellent lesson!👍🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@helenasheahan7587]

Bonjour Géraldine et merci mille à Dublin pour cette vidéo très utile et intéressante. Votre explication est très claire. ☘️☘️

[@margotminou_]

Merci pour cette fabuleux leçon!

[@howardoh]

Géraldine, you must have read my mind. Just this morning I was googling this exact rule, the agreement of past participles in the passé composé. This video explained the rules wonderfully, I have a much better grasp on it now and I managed to get the right answer to all the questions you posed in this video.

[@arturomartinez462]

This has been the hardest video for me.. I need to see it again many times, and I will!!.. Merci beaucoup!

[@christineyee2117]

Maintenant je comprends comment conjuguer le "on" au passé composé! Merci 😊.

[@julieboatner1898]

That was an incredible lesson! Merci beaucoup :)

[@jcd248]

Excellent lesson - many thanks.

[@isabellapresleyauthor]

Hi Geraldine! I am a Canadian English speaker struggling in my French classes learning almost the same stuff, thank you for these videos and you honestly teach me better than my professor haha!

[@deputietribe]

I LOVE the practice exercises! I would like more videos of just practicing with you!

[@xoxb2]

Thank you. A couple of years ago the Belgians were trying to abandon "je les ai mangées", eg in school classes - does anyone know if they succeeded?

[@teejayoz1221]

wow ur lessons are so good

[@Yassinelife-5]

Thank for your sharing. I love your channel and it's easy for me to understand and learn the English~

[@whitneylindsay8068]

Thank you so much for this quality content! Do you happen to have a podcast available through Spotify where you are having slow, casual conversation bits and/or reading out loud?

[@jouffroy47]

Great video--I needed this ! Merci !

[@jacquestaulard3088]

Your lessons are so much fun that I wonder if I am on another language learning planet! BTW, if you was to be really amused, tap the CC (closed caption) and observe how the AU (artificial unintelligent) thanslates your charming accent into franglais !

[@fitblkpa]

Very good lesson bravo.

[@Erica-en2qz]

This is so wonderful! Merci beaucoup!

[@jennifertriesthat]

Thank you so much! I love your happy energy in your videos. You make learning French so enjoyable. :)

[@geraldelwood9660]

Merci infiniment de votre chanel. It's a terrific blend of language and culture. I do have a question on this lesson : I didn't understand why in your 3rd example the word "ete" did not agree with the subject "Ils". You made no mention as to why it should not be "etes".

[@arlenek.9039]

I love your videos! :)

[@floydgarrett1503]

contenu très utile et présentation génialw! merci.

[@simranwaheguru3004]

This was extremely helpful.... please please please make on pronoums similarly, also on plus que perfe❤️

[@mooker6059]

thank you

[@ghadeeradral8055]

How to know whjch verbs take être or Avoir? Merci

[@amethystDC]

Bonjour Géraldine! I know this wasn't the point of this lesson, but I'm confused about when to use nous or on. Can you please explain again? At the start you said that if you are talking about yourself as part of a group, you say on. So when is nous okay?

[@andrewolamiti7984]

Excellent

[@ghadeeradral8055]

How to knoq which verbs take avoir or etre?

[@ghadeeradral8055]

at minuted 5.08 How to say I understood This will be translated using l'imparfait then not the passé compose as the translation doesnt have "have/ avoir" so am I correct in saying the English translation for the passé compose should have been I HAVE understood? I understood= Je compris I have understood= J'ai compris ? Thank you

[@Commeunefrancaise]

Bonjour, The passé composé can literally be translated to the English present perfect [I have eaten] but can also be translated as the English simple past [I ate] or the emphatic past [I did eat]. Fabien CUF Team

[@angelaflierman]

Regarding the sentence "Elle les a vus de loin", if "les" refers to a group of women, should it then be "vues"?

[@loran3740]

Nghe phúc hát thấy ấm âp quá殺

[@sserwaddaderrick1523]

I’m here in Uganda Kampala

[@krisztinahunyadi122]

Why don’t you answer our questions in the comment section?

[@indie8189]

I could never figure out when to use être and when to use avoir …

[@cyruschang1904]

Most intransitive verbs of movement (aller, venir, entrer, sortir, tomber etc.) use être, but there are exceptions (e.g. courir, marcher). Être is also used for all the reflexive verbs (se coucher, se réveiller, s'habiller, etc.). When in doubt about any verb, it is very easy to check and verify online.

[@indie8189]

@@cyruschang1904 Thanks.

[@cyruschang1904]

@@indie8189 Also if a verb can be both intransitive and transitive, you need to use être when it's intransitive and avoir when it's transitive. La clé est sortie de la serrure (the key came out of the lock) Elle a sorti la clé de la serrure (she pulled the key out of the lock)

[@indie8189]

@@cyruschang1904 OK...I need to digest slowly...perhaps I need to first be able to identify between intransitive and transitive...Thanks a lot!

[@cyruschang1904]

@@indie8189 Transitive verbes need a direct object : I pulled (transitive) the key (direct object) out of the lock. The key came out of the lock (no direct object) I woke up someone (direct object) I woke up (no direct object)

[@robertbrainerd5919]

If you feminize the participle in "Vous êtes venue jusqu'ici pour ça." when vous is feminine, why don't you feminize the participle in "Je suis venu jusqu'ici pour ça." when je is feminine ?

[@timotheelegrincheux2204]

If je is feminine it is Je suis venue.

[@cyruschang1904]

Vous êtes venueS (do not forget the S, vous is plural). Yes, a female would write : Je suis venuE

[@Aclesorus]

@@cyruschang1904 "Vous" n'est pas toujours pluriel, en l’occurrence je pense qu'il faisait allusion au vouvoiement d'une femme.

[@cyruschang1904]

@@Aclesorus Oui. D'ac 👍

[@Elwene2fr]

I have a name for the rule with "avoir" and the "COD" in my classes : the stupid rule. I always tell my students it makes no sense, it's stupid and shouldn't even exist but it's there and they have to know it (until, hopefully, the day it disappears). L'un des meilleurs exemple des ravages de l'Académie française et toutes les conneries qu'ils ont pu nous coller dans la langue française🙄

[@albertomendoza7521]

Usted habla mucho en ingles,si hablara más en Frances fuera mucho mejor asi como si combinara con dialogos escritos ,etc.

[@simranwaheguru3004]

Please make one video in on pronouns and placement

[@hellophoenix]

I love your videos but I have a suggestion : Please speak mostly in French, trust me on this one if one is able to use the « passé composé « and the « imparfait « , one can understand slow standard French. Also , it will help the mind to stay in French instead of jumping between English and French. For example , you wrote “ je suis “ >>“ I am “ , so no need to repeat it in English , I already saw it in English. Finally, immersion is the best way to learn a language and this is not going to happen when 90% of the video is in English.

[@43technical49]

Plz spot me

[@JCSol]

ON is simply singular and masculine. It should only be used for an indefinite pronoun. This is why NOUS needs to be used. French kids have zero idea what the conjugation of 1st person pl is. This has been going on for years. Therefore, laziness has taken over the French school system, and even educated French people have given up on the pronoun NOUS. Only use ON when it should be used. Not to replace a perfectly good pronoun, NOUS.

[@VioletFem]

Bonjour Géraldine! Est-ce que tu film des vidéo en français?