The Passé Composé
To all of you nice students: what is the most used helping verb in forming Passé Composé: Avoir or Être?
Do you guys have issues with this tense? If yes, what about taking advantage of this summer time and have some grammar rules refreshed and add some useful conversational French?
Do not hesitate to contact me . Best . Martine.
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Severine G. answered • 07/02/23
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The most common auxiliary verb used for the passe compose is "avoir". But etre is very important for reflexive verbs and to express emotions and feelings. It is interesting that being hungry or thirsty require the verb avoir however! The grammar in term of tuning the verb to the subject or the complement d'object direct (COD) is not that complicated after you know how to recognize a COD and its location in reference to the verb.
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Elena L.
Absolument! Le Passé Composé is the most exciting grammar topic in the French grammar... My HS students are going to become experts in it. Mastering this tense really develop an analyzing skill.06/17/23