FR 1020 Chapter : The Big 4.docx
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The pass compos is the most common french past tense, often used in conjunction with the imperfect. The pass compos can express any of the following: an action completed in the past. An action repeated a number of times in the past. A series of actions completed in the past. Quand je suis arriv , j"ai vu les fleurs. Samedi, il a vu sa m re, a parl au m dicin et a trouv un chat. Saturday he saw his mother, talked to the doctor, and found a cat. The pass compos has three possible english equivalents. For example, j"ai dans can mean: i danced (simple past, i have danced (present perfect, i did dance (past emphatic) The pass compos is a compound conjugation, which means it has two parts: present tense of the auxiliary verb (either avoir or tre, past participle of the main verb. Note: like all compound conjugations, the pass compos may be subject to grammatical agreement:
