The passé composé form of the verb être is mostly used for the passive voice. The passive voice is the form of a verb in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb. The passé composé is used to indicate an event, a change, or what happened. You can say j’ai été when somethingContinue reading “French Verb Être – Passé Composé vs Imparfait”
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French Verb ÊTRE – 11 Tenses
ÊTRE – TO BE Learn the French Verb Être – 11 Tenses using this conjugation chart. Present je suis nous sommes tu es vous êtes il – elle – on est ils – elles sont Passé Composé j’ai été nous avons été tu as été vous avez été il – elle – on a été ils –Continue reading “French Verb ÊTRE – 11 Tenses”
French Listening Comprehension for Beginners
Have you learned all or most of the French grammar you see on the list below? Do you find it easier to read and write than to speak and understand when being spoken to? Listening comprehension takes a ton of practice. Watch Jennifer’s first lesson on listening comprehension for beginners in the video below. ThisContinue reading “French Listening Comprehension for Beginners”
Common French Reflexive Verbs
Watch my video lesson on how to use French reflexive verbs in the present and passé composé tenses. Download your 10 page support guide to this lesson on Patreon. Here’s a list of 32 of the most common reflexive verbs, their past participles, and their translations in English. Click here for a list of FrenchContinue reading “Common French Reflexive Verbs”
French Reflexive Verbs
🎥 Scroll down to watch my video lesson on French reflexive verbs 🎥 French Reflexive Verbs The subject and object are the same with reflexive verbs. They are called this, because the action reflects back on the subject. The subject is actually doing the action to itself. These are unlike direct and indirect object pronouns, which areContinue reading “French Reflexive Verbs”
French Passé Composé with Être – List of Verbs
The Passé Composé with Être The passé composé of certain French verbs uses the present tense form of être as helping verb. You need to add the past participle of the verb you want to use in the past tense. Do not confuse verbs that use être with action verbs. Many action verbs use avoir as helping verb.Continue reading “French Passé Composé with Être – List of Verbs”
