Être or Avoir in the Passé Composé in French... French PAST TENSE explained!

[@swk258]

This is something, even as an intermediate learner, that I never considered and actually struggled with recently! The way you explained this resonated with me more within 5 minutes than simply learning phrases in the passé composé ever did. Merci beaucoup, Madame!

[@bugler75]

Comme toujours, merci Alexa. J'ai appris à parler français avec vous il y a plusieurs années et ça fait du bien de revenir vous voir et réviser! To everyone else, Alexa is the premier teacher of French. I learnt to speak French with her several years ago when I moved to France. Stay with her!! Ian

[@Sergiu-tb4wz]

Bruh I've learned nothing

[@AJ-uh9io]

The necessary points I took in my notes : Le passé composé (the compound past tense) = auxiliary verb - a key verb which helps to change a verb in specific tense + past participle There are two auxiliary verbs Être (to be) Avoir(to have) If we say - you played {Passé compose ( passive voice)} With avoir - (auxiliary) + past participle It will be - tu as. joué |. |. | |. |. | Pronoun. Avoir. Past participle Or You fell - tu es tombé (es is être)

[@Gary-pe4ce]

Also add onto your notes joué(e), tombé(e) because if it was a female who is doing the action you write the extra e, if it is male you don't add the e Examples Il a joué Elle a jouée Il est tombé Elle est tombée. To add on for a little more advanced sentence, when there is a direct object involved For example: a man buying a car. J'ai acheté une voiture I have bought a car Acheté remains for masculine because the subject is a man. But what if the direct object suddenly comes before the verb? Do note objects use le/la when a verb done to them, and when using passé composé it must be next to the auxiliary verb. La voiture, que j'ai achetée, est là The car, that I bought, is there Or, if appropriate, can use the word it instead Je l'achetée I bought it The reason it is like this is because the past participle now has to agree with the direct object as the direct object comes before the past participle, in which cause, la voiture, is feminine.

[@SuperAcousticSigma]

Thanks for the information.😊

[@HassanKhansafi]

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[@jhomermandal7833]

Thank you for the clear explanation.

[@jeylful]

Merci beaucoup por la leçon! Elle est très util! :)

[@talarts]

I admit that I am still confused. I never failed English, but I never understood terms like past participle. I am hoping that I will get better at French verbs so that I can have real conversations with my French meet up group. At least I am much better at vocabulary.

[@JoyanaAbin]

Thank You Ma'am soo much.. Tomorrow I have 80 mark exam this is one one the grammar which is coming... you are a great teacher...

[@Drown.in.purple]

Alexa!!! this was soooooooooooooooooooooo helpful i got it so properly that i can even teach it to others now!! Merci beaucoup!!

[@EFeffie]

This was soooo helpful! Thank you, Alexa!

[@Blood_Moon_Assasin]

Best french teacher ever ❤

[@ardavanpourjamasb3642]

My problem was using etre or avoir with the past tense. Thanks for the acronym introduced.

[@AJ-uh9io]

Bonjour Madame , I just started watching your videos and I swear I love your videos very much mam ! U helped me prepare for my French exams thouroughly as I’m an indien

[@misschanhauying]

What a clear and elegant way of explaining the differences with relevant examples. Thank you so much!

[@learnfrenchwithalexa]

Merci beaucoup !

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Tysmmm your teaching is very clear 😭😭😭😭

[@Dayuweii]

oh thank you so much for making this video even if it was 4 months ago, I have a big exam on this tomorrow and I didn't understand the concept every well. Merci beaucoup!

[@Robin-fb2it]

Thank you so much!!🙏 On tuesday I have an important exam in school and this helped a lot!

[@nozhaamani3109]

Tomorrow I have a french exam thank you so much ❤❤❤

[@Sloth_onesie]

I have one tomorrow too lol

[@Aashi4511]

Same...and i started studying now😅

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Sameeee

[@analo6433]

The basic rule of thumb is as follows: 'Avoir' is used for transitive verbs (that is, verbs that take a direct object). Examples include 'Manger', 'Voir', 'Regarder' and 'Lancer'. 'Être' is used for intransitive verbs (that is, verbs that do not take a direct object), especially (BUT NOT ONLY!!!) verbs of movement.

[@unpeufrancais4109]

perfectly timed, was struggling with this earlier today. merci !

[@JillianWu]

Thank you! Duolingo didn’t do a good job explaining it but just merged it all together 😭😂

[@AlbaGhosts]

Thank you! Please come make my exam french.

[@aloner5885]

What!!? This video was recommended to me in such a perfect timing!! My teacher taught us the same topic TODAY!! 👍🏻✨

[@Cool18Official]

You just make french easier.Love your hardwork

[@A.K.MMaudud]

Thanks a lot Alexa.

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I love your videos they help me so much at french in school

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Thank you so much!!!!!

[@SAGHAJAR]

Merci beaucoup Alexa, c’est très bien expliqué.

[@mdkamranhussain1035]

Merci beaucoup alexa ❤

[@karinakondratev8171]

Sublime! Merci à vous! J’ai compris. 😊

[@PilotElectro]

Thanks! your a lifesaver, my exams could've been worse without you! Merci beaucoup!

[@mindygarza199]

J’ai bien compris! Merci, Alexa!

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[@pherltv]

Merci! Learn something new today

[@KateSchoenbach]

Very helpful. Merci!

[@kanaktherani1106]

Bonjour Alexa Madame Please Put more and more videos on paragraph based three Verbs Present,Past and Future. Merci Kanak Therani 😀

[@PhotoDiva100]

Thanks a lot. To me it makes perfectly sense as it's quite similar to Slovak language 😅 Lucky me ❤ Merci, Alexa!

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Thank you Alexa you make understanding french easy your explanations are excellent keep up thé good work.

[@Aestheticmuslimah123]

Merci beaucoup cela m'a aidé pour mon examen de français!

[@palastrishop]

So helpful ❤ thank you so much ❤ for 3-4 days I was so confused about this avoir and etre. Lucky I found your video ❤ you explained it very good 👍

[@Aestheticmuslimah123]

Thanks a lot this helped me with my french exam!

[@sumeyraasabanc]

I really enjoy watching your videos and learning French with them. Thank you so much 🎉

[@CleverNameTBD]

This was always something I found a little interesting because in certain colonized parts of the francophonie, avoir is still used more often than être. I still hear je suis né but also j'ai été né, j'ai été au bal, on a descendus, etc.

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Thank you so much

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[@medhanshchatul]

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[@lalitjain]

You are the best teacher

[@gaiuscoleman8815]

There's DR AND MRS P VANDERTRAMP verbs and all reflexives which all take ETRE in past tense

[@khangdao8119]

Love your channel

[@charat.9430]

It helps A LOT!! Merci pour ça! 🙏😍

[@eohippusone]

Excellent! Une partie de la langue compliquée!

[@dylanlalani7967]

MERCI

[@dragondreamjln]

Mercí Beaucoup!!

[@steampnke]

ur carrying me through my junior cert 😭 tysm

[@camillakjaersgaard4075]

Ahhh now it makes sense! Merci beaucoup.

[@Akaza_Upper_Moon_3]

Thx for saving my life

[@saragadda-xt8nu]

excellent madame

[@tasadasa9363]

Movement Verbs in German are as well used with to be. Nice video.

[@anildamle1154]

Merci Beaucoup, Madame !!!!

[@LynneLeClercq]

I have a question- If I want to say I went down on the elevator or Escalator would I still use the verbe être -Je suis descendu sur l'élévateur would IT be J'ai descendu sur l'élévateur

[@paldentamang9558]

Merci beaucoup de votre video Madame cest parfect

[@kevinjones2145]

(Great production quality)

[@selindeverbij3393]

My native language is Dutch and we use to have and to be (hebben en zijn) the almost same as in French. I can see why native English speakers are struggling with this. There are some differences though. 'I have washed myself' is 'ik heb me gewassen' in Dutch. So I have to get used to saying 'je me suis lavé'!

[@rajeshkumarsanghai]

Vous êtes très belle professeur.

[@AmeliaThompson2110]

Hello ma'am, first of all thank you for making these videos for the people who are eager to learn a new language. Second of all, About the acronym DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP i saw on google that it actually has 17 letter instead of 16. The additional verb was 'passer' could you explain that as well. Please and thank you

[@penelopewitthauer136]

SO helpful!!

[@meuk6440]

Thank you Alexa. You are fantastic at teaching. You know exactly what we need to understand. However, I have trouble finding link for downloads.

[@learnfrenchwithalexa]

I will post the links for this in the Community tab very soon :)

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❤Merci beaucoup Madame Alexa

[@AnushkaKadam.]

Thank you so much for this

[@kevinjones2145]

Great video. Tres utile.

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[@rebecagaldon2956]

Excellent! Merci!

[@bharathbuzz5732]

Hlo madam, I'm learning French course and one month completed course. I'm waiting A1 exam please after than two months.. Daily I see your videos and please tell me madam wt topics in important on A1 exam. Au revoir👋

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Merci Madame

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Good video

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Thank you

[@koleszka35]

merci a toi!

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Beautiful video 👌

[@leifabelin1057]

Merci!

[@sa21g22g23]

Merci beaucoup pour cette nouvelle thème sur les verbes en français pour pouvoir comprendre mieux la magnifique et très important langue française et très jolie grammaire française, thanks a lot for this magnificent theme on the french verbs

[@rollenrollen3819]

Compliqué

[@drkavitadubey252]

Love to alexa. Explained nicely.

[@anhtuannguyen16799]

Something is easier for you, if any action that use legs, it will be être

[@marksn4020]

Just so good

[@vaageesankrowthikaa6507]

Merci

[@cruelhawk]

Alexa could you make a video covering article contracte?

[@bhaskarpal646]

Done

[@shanvisheth2669]

A DOUBT what about the verb passer

[@tapatim9933]

Je t'adore Alexa

[@ilikemegs]

if a verb is in the part of DR MRS VANDERTRAMP then auxilary verb will be etre

[@ramenlover928]

4:28 my French teacher said it to learn it like DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP

[@Astrtixzen]

dude look here 2:59

[@ramenlover928]

Lol i didn't notice

[@zhuldyzsumen6064]

that is a bit complicated

[@blacksilence2077]

Nice

[@dylanlalani7967]

Carried my IB French mark. MERCI

[@MrBurkistan]

This is my biggest Achilles heel in the French language, because saying "je suis venu" for example makes no sense in english (I am came) so I instinctually always say "j'ai venu".