Passé Composé avec Être: Verbes de Mouvement (PC with être)

What You'll LearnIdentify the 'movement' verbs that use être (to be) [ET-ruh].Correctly form the past tense (passé composé) with these verbs.Make the past participle agree with the subject.Talk about things that happened in the past.Imagine you're telling a friend about your weekend. You might say: “Samedi, je suis allé au parc avec ma famille. (On Saturday, I went to the park with my family.) [sahm-DEE, zhuh swee zah-LAY oh park ah-vek ma fa-MEE-yuh]. 🌳 Dimanche, nous sommes restés à la maison. (On Sunday, we stayed at home.) [dee-MAHN-sh, noo sum ress-TAY ah la may-ZOHN]. 🏠” To talk about these past actions, you need a special past tense using the verb être (to be) [ET-ruh]!How You'll Use ThisTelling your friends about your vacation.Writing about your day in a journal.Understanding sto...

Some verbs, often verbs that show movement, use the helper verb être (to be) [ET-ruh] to form the past tense, instead of avoir (to have) [ah-VWAR]. Here are the most important ones for today:Verb (Infinitive)Past ParticipleExample Sentencealler (to go) [ah-LAY]allé (gone) [ah-LAY]Je suis allé au cinéma. (I went to the movies.) [zhuh swee zah-LAY oh see-nay-MAH] 🎬arriver (to arrive) [ah-ree-VAY]arrivé (arrived) [ah-ree-VAY]Elle est arrivée à l'école. (She arrived at school.) [el eh tah-ree-VAY ah lay-KAWL]descendre (to go down) [day-SAHN-druh]descendu (gone down) [day-sahn-DEW]Tu es descendu de la montagne. (You went down from the mountain.) [tew eh day-sahn-DEW duh la mohn-TAHN-yuh]monter (to go up/get on) [mohn-TAY]monté (gone up/gotten on) [mohn-TAY]Nous sommes montés dans le bus. (We g...

Rule 1: Forming the Past Tense with ÊtreThe Rule: Subject + the verb être (to be) [ET-ruh] (in the present tense) + the past participle.Example: Je suis (I am) [zhuh swee] + allé (gone) [ah-LAY] = Je suis allé (I went) [zhuh swee zah-LAY].Rule 2: Making the Past Participle AgreeThe Rule: When you use the helper verb être (to be) [ET-ruh], the past participle must agree in gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural) with the subject.For a feminine subject, add an -e. (Example: Elle est allée (She went) [el eh tah-LAY].)For a plural subject, add an -s. (Example: Ils sont allés (They went) [eel sohn tah-LAY].)For a feminine plural subject, add -es. (Example: Elles sont allées (They went) [el sohn tah-LAY].)