Past
Participle
Formation
Past participles are generally related
to verb infinitives.
Infinitives ending in -er, for example,
generally drop this ending and substitute -é, -ée:
-
regarder to look
: regardé, -ée
-
voyager to travel
: voyagé, -ée
-
danser to
danse : dansé, -ée
Infinitives ending in -ir generally
drop this ending and substitute -i, -ie:
-
choisir to choose
: choisi, -ie
-
finir to finish
: fini, -ie
-
partir to depart
: parti, -ie
Infinitives ending in -re generally
drop this ending and substitute -u, -ue:
-
répondre to
answer : répondu, -ue
-
entendre to listen
: entendu, -ue.
Irregular
past participles
A number of common verbs have irregular
past participles:
-
avoir to have
: eu
-
boire to drink
: bu
-
connaître to
know : connu
-
courir to run
: couru
-
devoir must :
dû (due)
-
être to
be : été
-
faire to do,
make : fait
-
falloir must,
have to : fallu
-
lire to read
: lu
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-
mettre to put
: mis
-
ouvrir to open
: ouvert
-
pouvoir can,
may : pu
-
prendre to take
: pris
-
recevoir to receive
: reçu
-
rire to laugh
: ri
-
savoir to know
: su
-
vivre to live
: vécu
-
vouloir to want
: voulu
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