What is a past participle? Give an example an English.
The past form of the verb (saw, heard, ran, etc.)
What does one of the helping verbs HAVE to be?
Avoir or être
How do you form the past participle of ER verbs?
take off the "er" and add an e with the accent mark (é).
Conjugate Avoir
J'ai Tu as Il/Elle a Nous avons Vous avez Ils/Elles ont
How do you form the PPs for regular -ir and -re verbs?
-ir = drop the ir and add i
-re = drop the re and add u
The passé composé is a compound conjugation, what are the 3 parts:
2. present tense of the auxiliary verb (either avoir or être) 3. past participle of the main verb
In the negative, do the ne/n'... pas go around the past participle? If not, where do they go?
No, they go around the helping verb (form of avoir or être)
Where do ne/n' ... pas go in the PC?
Around the aux verb
Can you have more than 1 past participle when you are forming your expression?
NO