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hazy obsidianBOT
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maiden willow
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most verbs use "avoir" as auxiliary in passé composé
but a number of verbs use "être" as you saw

it basically works the same way. Conjugate être in present tense and add the past participle after that. There is a small difference in agreement between être and avoir but I'm not sure you're talking about that
what is your confusion about?

umbral lagoon
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so its its one of the household verbs i conjugate with etre right?

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what would those conjugations be

maiden willow
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there's a list, "maison d'être" and "dr. & mrs. vandertramp" are the common mnemonics

umbral lagoon
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dr and mrs vandertramp?

maiden willow
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it's not completely exhaustive but good enough

maiden willow
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umbral lagoon
maiden willow
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for instance "voir"

umbral lagoon
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voi

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right?

maiden willow
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can you give it a go?

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make a full sentence

umbral lagoon
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cause u drop the ir and add i

maiden willow
umbral lagoon
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je voi un poulet

umbral lagoon
maiden willow
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let's try something else

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how would you say "I ate"?

umbral lagoon
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j'ai mange

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with an accent idk how to do that

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on the e

maiden willow
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right

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what you're doing here is conjugating "avoir" in present tense, and add the past participle mangé

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now, let's try with "I left"
knowing that "to leave" is "sortir" and this verb uses "être" as auxiliary (it's in the list #1427812067477291068 message)

umbral lagoon
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je suis parti?

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or am i off

maiden willow
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no you are right

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(assuming you're a man because être agrees with the subject)

umbral lagoon
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yeah

maiden willow
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conjugate être in present tense then add past participle for partir

umbral lagoon
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for passe compose?

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sorry im a little confused

maiden willow
# umbral lagoon for passe compose?

yes.
passé composé is a compound tense. it actually uses present tense as a basis
it is conjugated by doing the following: [auxiliary conjugated in present tense] + [past participle for your verb]

umbral lagoon
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so if i wanted to do the same sentence for l'imparfait how would that work?

maiden willow
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imparfait is NOT a compound tense
you have to learn conjugation roots and patterns for imparfait

umbral lagoon
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amazing

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je partais?

maiden willow
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similarly to how you have multiple ways to conjugate in past tense in English
"I see" is present tense
"I saw" is preterit, you have to know this one (most just end in -ed)
"I have seen" is present perfect, using "have" in present tense plus past participle "seen"

maiden willow
maiden willow
umbral lagoon
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ok i think i got it

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i will go study now ❤️

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thank you so much

maiden willow
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when to use passé composé vs imparfait?
when to use être vs avoir in passé composé?
how does agreement work in passé composé?
how to conjugate passé composé?
how to conjugate imparfait?

As you can imagine, those are common questions from beginners
Lawless French has tons of articles on the topic, and this is just one of many resources
don't worry if you don't get it on the first try, but those are pretty important points to master in the long run, take your time, clear your confusions over time and ask questions

clever ravine