When a past participle is used as an adjective with the verb ÊTRE, its ending follows the same rules for agreement as other adjectives – that is, it must agree in number (singular or plural) and gender (masculine or feminine) with the noun it describes. The present participle is made by taking the first-person plural conjugation (nous) of a verb in the present tense, removing the -ONS ending, and replacing it. In these sentences, the verbs j'tais (infinitive tre, which means 'to be'), je faisais (infinitive faire, which means 'to do') and nous allions (infinitive aller, which means 'to go') are. Note that the table does not include compound conjugations, which consists of a form of the auxiliary verb avoir and the past participle construit. Venir (to come) : venu (came) –> revenir (to come back) : revenu (came back) Rire (to laugh) : ri –> sourire (to smile) : souri (smiled) Prendre (to take) : pris (taken) –> surprendre (to surprise) : surpris (surprised) Ouvrir (to open) : ouvert (opened) –> couvrir (to cover) : couvert (covered) –> découvrir (to discover) : découvert (discovered) Verbs derived from irregular verbs have the same past participle ending as the irregular verb from which they are derived. To have to / to need to / must : had to / needed to To have to / ought to / must / to owe : had to / owed The endings are: ais, ais, ait, ions, iez, aient. While in other cases the endings are different for the three different groups of verbs, in the case of the Imparfait, all the verbs take the same endings. To be afraid of ( something ) : was afraid of (something) The endings of the Imparfait for the verbs in -ER, -IR, -RE. To reach / to attain : reached / attained (Some of these verbs have irregular past participles in English, too!) Several commonly used French verbs have irregular past participles. It can be used in a variety of functions, including compound tenses and as adjectives with the verb ‘ÊTRE’.Ĭlick here to learn about the past participle for regular verbs. the action of the verb: Grard a construit le mur (Grard built the wall). The past participle is the general equivalent of using in English. The subject is the word or group of words which determines the verb ending. LEAF French Grammar: The Past Participle.La grammaire française: le participe passé des verbes irréguliers Similar conjugations: produire to produce construire to build cuire to cook. Creative Commons Image via The LEAF Projectįrench Grammar: Irregular Past Participle s construire conjugation table in French Present construis construis Present Perfect ai construit as construit Imperfect construisais construisais. Add the imperfect ending which relates to the subject je tu il / elle / on.

Imparfait endings construit