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[grave hinge]

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[hot vale]

"tu as fini ?" would mean "did you finish?"
"tu **l'**as fini ?" means "did you finish it?"

[icy needle]

but isn’t tu as you have?

[hot vale]

"tu as fini" is the passé composé tense. Which corresponds to the past tense in English.

Tu finis = you finish (present tense)
Tu as fini = you finished (past tense)

So if it's a question, it becomes
Tu as fini ? = Did you finish?

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/passe-compose/

[icy needle]

ah ok merci

[knotty socket]

« Tu as fini » can be translated using the present perfect ‘I have finished’ but it’s really context dependent

The main difference between the simple past and present perfect is relevancy or how the past action still has ramifications to now. For example, take the sentence, ‘I’ve turned off the lights’. The lights were on and then at some point I turned them off, and its consequences – the lights being off – continue to now.