Verbs with Avoir
She watched TV
Elle a regardé la télé
I went downtown (je is a female)
Je suis allée en ville
Elle a visité NYC
With avoir Past participle is invariable.
answer the question with a COD pronouns: Yes I like them
Est-ce que tu aimes les pommes
Oui, je les aime
* subject pronoum verb
*sentence is in present tense==> answer in present
* les pommes= les
Answer: No, I don't like it
Est-ce que tu aimes le vin
non, je ne l'aime pas
*subject NE pronoun VERB pas
* le vin= le==> l' in front of vowel
* sentence in present==> answer in present
They drank wine (ils)
ils ont bu du vin
Use partitive masculine
They came at our house (ils)
ils sont venus chez nous.
venus with a /s/
She visited her parents
Elle a rendu visite à ses parents
Answer with a COD pronoum: yes I watch it.
Est-ce que tu regardes la télé
Oui, je la regarde
*subject pronoum verb
* la télé= la
* sentence is present tense==> answer in present tense
answer: Yes, I am going to watch it tomorrow
Est-ce que tu vas regarder la télé demain ?
Oui, je vais la regarder demain
*Subject/ 1st verb /Pronoun/ 2nd verb/ complement
* sentence is constructed in future tense==> answer in future tense.
* la télé = la
We bought bread
Nous avons acheté du pain
Use partitive masc. sing
We arrived in NYC (nous)
Nous sommes arrivés à NYC or
Nous sommes arrivées à NYC (if nous refer to females)
They took some walks
ils ont fait des promenades
with avoir past participle is invariable
Answer with a COD pronoum: No, I don't see them often
Est-ce que tu vois souvent tes cousins
non, je ne les vois pas souvent
*subject/ NE /pronoun/ VERB /pas/ other adverb
*tes cousins= les
*sentence in present==> answer in present
Answer: I don't like to watch them
Est-ce que tu aimes regarder les films de western?
Non, je n'aime pas les regarder.
* Sentence is build with 2 verb ==> answer with 2 verb
*Subject/ 1st verb /Pronoun/ 2nd verb /complement
She brought lobster
Elle a apporté (amené) du homard
Use partitive masc sing
We came home (nous/rentrer)
Nous sommes rentrés or
Nous sommes rentrées (if nous refer to females)
They left (elles)
Elles sont parties
with ETRE, past participle needs to be accorded
Est-ce que tu as vu le film
Oui, je l'ai vu
subject pronoun Avoir + Past Participle
answer: I did not see her
Est-ce que tu as vu Christine?
non, je ne l'ai pas vu.
* sentence in PC so ==> answer in PC.
*Christine= la= l' in front of a vowel
* subject /NE /pronoun /AVOIR/ PAS /Past Participle /complement
They took pictures
Ils ont pris des photos
she went to buy
elle est allée acheter
(this is a 2 verb constructions in the past)
Elle est née en 2000
Est-ce que tu as pris les photos?
Non, je ne les ai pas pris (prises)
*subject NE pronoun AVOIR pas Past Participle
* sentence is in PC==> answer in PC
* past participle should be accorded, but do not worry about that rule!
answer: I am not going to do it
Est-ce que tu vas faire la cuisine ce soir?
non, je ne vais pas la faire.
*Subject /1st verb /Pronoun/ 2nd verb /complement
* sentence is constructed in future==> answer in future
* la cuisine= la