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Verbs taking être in the passé composé and other compound tenses. |
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I. All pronominals/reflexives take être (such as s’amuser, se lever, se coucher). |
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II. A handful of other verbs take être (17 for our purposes) |
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A.
La maison d’être (16 verbs, including rentrer; but passer
omitted) |
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B.
Dr & Mrs. Vandertrampp (16 verbs + passer) |
C. Alphabetical Order |
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Descendre past participle: descendu |
aller |
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Rentrer past participle: rentré |
arriver |
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Monter past participle: monté |
descendre
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Revenir past participle: revenu |
devenir |
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Sortir past participle: sorti |
entrer |
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Venir past participle: venu |
monter
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Aller past participle: allé |
mourir |
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Naître
past participle: né |
naître |
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Devenir
past participle: devenu |
partir |
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Entrer
past participle: entré |
passer
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Rester
past participle: resté |
rentrer § |
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Tomber
past participle: tombé |
rester |
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Retourner
past participle: retourné |
retourner
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Arriver
past participle: arrivé |
revenir |
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Mourir
past participle: mort |
sortir
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Partir
past participle: parti |
tomber |
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Passer
past participle: passé |
venir |
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§ verbs so designated
take avoir when verb occurs with an
explicit direct object. |
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