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clever burrowBOT
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gaunt hare
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well, conjugating the verb être in the past tense requires two steps (just like any other verb)

  • first, you choose the correct auxiliary verb, which is the avoir auxiliary in this case, and you conjugate it according to your grammatical person
    • e.g. J'ai
  • then, you just add the past participle of the verb that you have; for the verb être, its past participle is « été »
    • e.g. J'ai été
      knowing this, can you conjugate the verb être in the past tense for the pronoun « tu » ?
wild tusk
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Oh ok, thank you.

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Tu as ete.

gaunt hare
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yes

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great job

wild tusk
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Is there any case where this rule would change?

gaunt hare
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don't forget the accents

wild tusk
gaunt hare
wild tusk
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No, we haven't learned those in class yet I dont think

gaunt hare
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also, there are a lot of irregular past participles to look out for

gaunt hare
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so for now you'll use the avoir auxiliary

wild tusk
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ok

gaunt hare
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also, there is one exception that you might come across with verbs that use the avoir auxiliary in the past tense

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normally, the direct object of a verb is placed after the verb

  • Le garçon a mangé une pomme.
    (here, « une pomme » is a direct object)
    however, when this direct object is replaced by a direct object pronoun, it gets scooched before the verb
  • Le garçon **l'**a mangée.
    in this case, the past participle has to agree in gender and number to the direct object
    since « la pomme » is feminine and singular, the past participle becomes « mangé__e__ »
wild tusk
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Oh yeah, we learned about indirect and direct pronouns.

gaunt hare
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in other words, when you have the direct object placed before the verb, the past participle agrees to that object

gaunt hare
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keep in mind that this happens only to direct objects

wild tusk
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alright, ty!!!