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The Perfect Tense . WITH ETRE. But, some verbs take ETRE as an auxiliary verb in the perfect tense. The tricky thing will be to know which ones they are. The auxiliary verb we use to form the perfect tense is usually AVOIR. Je suis Tu es Il/ elle /on est Nous sommes Vous êtes - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Perfect Tense
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WITH ETRE
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The auxiliary verb we use to form the perfect tense is usually AVOIR
But, some verbs take ETRE as an auxiliary verb in the perfect tense.
The tricky thing will be to know which ones they are
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ETRE- a reminder
Je suisTu esIl/elle/on estNous sommesVous êtesIls/elles sont
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The ETRE verbs: tips to remember them
1)Mrs Van De Tramp2)Opposite pairs3)Houses of ETRE 4)Knights on the castle (Encore Tricolore method)5)Chicken story animation6)Tintin
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1) Mrs Van De Tramp M OURIR (to die) R ESTER (to stay) S ORTIR (to go out) V ENIR (to come) A LLER (to go) N AITRE (to be born) D ESCENDRE (to go down, to get off) E NTRER (to enter) T OMBER (to fall) R ETOURNER (to return) A RRIVER (to arrive) M ONTER (to go up, to get on) P ARTIR (to leave)
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2) Opposite pairs*
Sortir entrerMonter descendreArriver partirMourir naîtreAller venirTomber rester
* 12 verbs only
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3. Houses of ETRE
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3. Castle with knights (Encore Tricolore Method)
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4. Chicken story animation (check out the link)
http://claweb.cla.unipd.it/home/smazurelle/dynamots/a2/m5/gr_poussin.htm
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5. Tintin
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Naître
Il est né
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aller
Tintin et moi sommes
allés.
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monter
Ils sont montés
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Tomber
Tintin et Milou sont tombés.
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SortirIls sont sortis
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arriver
Ils sont arrivés
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descendre
Tintin, Milou et Capitaine Haddock sont descendus.
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Partir
Le professeur Tournesol est
parti.
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rester
Il est resté dans la voiture
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La fusée est montée
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venir
Il est venu
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Retourner
Tintin est retourné
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entrer
Il est entré
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Mourir
Ils sont morts
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Reflexive verbs are ETRE verbs as well
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Reminder: Reflexive verbs
Verbs which reflect back to the subjectOften translated with ‘to get…’Reflexive pronoun (myself, yourself…)They have ‘se’ in the infinitive
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•Je me suis lavé(e) •Tu t’es lavé(e)
•Il s’est lavé, elle s’est lavée •Nous nous sommes lavé(e)s •Vous vous êtes lavé(e)s •Ils se sont lavés, elles se sont lavées.
Se LAVER (to get washed)
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The past participles of ETRE verbs
Most of the time they follow the general rule for ER verbs, IR verbs and RE verbs.
There are a few exceptions: mourirmort, naître né, venir venu
- ER verbs - RE verbs -IR verbs É U I
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The past participles of ETRE verbs
The past participles of ETRE verbs adapt to their subject
We add –e for a feminine subject we add –s for a plural subject we add –es for a feminine plural subject
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Elle s’est lavée.
We add –e for a feminine subject
We add –s for a plural subjectNous sommes arrivés.
We add –es for a feminine plural subject.
Elles sont venues.
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Some examples of perfect tense constructions with ETRE
Je à l’école (aller, masc).Elle à l’école (aller)Nous (venir, masc).Elles (venir).Il (se laver, masc)Nous (se laver, masc)Elles (se laver)Sophie en France (naître).Ils en 1972 (mourir, masc).
suis alléest allée
sommes venussont venuess’est lavénous sommes lavés
se sont lavéesest née
sont morts
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Some examples of perfect tense constructions with ETRE
Je à l’école.Elle à l’école.NousEllesIlNousEllesSophie en FranceIls en 1972.
suis alléest allée
sommes venussont venues
s’est lavénous sommes lavés
se sont lavéesest née
sont morts
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RECAP
Do you know which verbs take ETRE and which ones AVOIR in the perfect tense?
Which is your favourite method for remembering the ETRE verbs?
What can you say about the past participles of ETRE verbs?