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Conjugation
Objective: Form regular past participles in -é, -i, and -u, place the auxiliary avoir correctly, and wrap negation around the auxiliary.
| Infinitive group | Participle ending | Infinitive | Participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| -er verbs | -é | parler | parlé |
| -ir verbs | -i | finir | fini |
| -re verbs | -u | vendre | vendu |
The participle replaces the infinitive after the auxiliary, so mangé carries the lexical meaning and never manger.
Avoir begins with a vowel, so je elides to j'. The form je ai is never correct.
Manger is an -er verb, so the participle is mangé. The auxiliary ai carries the first-person singular.
Finir is an -ir verb, so the participle is fini. The auxiliary as marks the informal second person.
Vendre is an -re verb, so the participle is vendu. No agreement appears even though the direct object voiture follows the participle.
Nous pairs with the auxiliary avons, and the participle parlé remains invariable.
The time marker déjà appears between the auxiliary and the participle, a common position for short adverbs.
6 exercises · about 9 minutes
The past participle never agrees with the subject when the auxiliary is avoir, so the feminine -e must be left off.
The negative bracket requires ne before the auxiliary and pas after it, so pas alone is not enough.
The feminine plural subject elles triggers no agreement on the participle, since the auxiliary is avoir.
Ne elides to n' before the vowel-initial auxiliary ai, and pas follows the auxiliary.
The marker hier anchors the action in the past, and the participle joué comes from the -er verb jouer.