![]() ![]() So, we’ve seen that with être, the past participle agrees with the subject. The same grammar rules also apply for the “ re-” (= again) versions of these verbs! Elle est sortie de la maison… Mon frère et moi, nous sommes sortis… Ma mère et moi (Géraldine), nous sommes sorties… Laura et toi (Robert), vous êtes sortis… Laura et toi (Julie), vous êtes sorties… Ils sont sortis… Elles sont sorties… Here is one more rule (that also applies for “ entrer” and others): → When we conjugate using être, the participe passé (“entré”, “sorti”…) must agree with the subject! That means adding an -e for a feminine subject, and a -s for a plural subject.įor example: Il est sorti de la maison à 20 heures. Grammar time! The same rule applies: a COD means we use avoir, otherwise we use être. If the subject is making something else go from “inside” to “outside” ( = to take out), then we use avoir. Rule of thumb: If the subject is the one that’s going from “inside” to “outside” (= t o leave, to go out), then we use être. Avoir → Il a sorti ses gants de sa poche.Être → Il est sorti de la maison à 20 heures.In French, we conjugate it in the passé composé with: Sortir = to leave, to go out, to take out… Is “he” really small? Is it a giant lock? However, it means “ He entered the lock,” which has a weird meaning outside of context. Il est entré dans la serrure → With the same process as the last sentence, we can say this sentence is grammatically correct. (See also the “ rule of thumb” : “He”, the subject, is the one who physically entered somewhere.) Il est entré par la porte → There’s a preposition (“ par”) between “ entré” and “ la porte.” So, “la porte” is not a direct object! So, we use être. “ Il est entré la clé dans la serrure” with être instead of avoir is WRONG. Il a entré la clé dans la serrure→ “ la clé” ( the key) is a direct object, there’s no preposition between “ entré” and “ la clé.” So we use Avoir. The detailed answer: Grammar time! Avoir is used when there’s a direct object ( un complément d’objet direct = COD), which is a noun that completes the meaning of the verb without using a preposition. ![]() If the subject of the sentence is entering something else, then it’s avoir. The simple difference: If the subject of the sentence is the one entering somewhere, then it’s être. ![]() avoir (=”to have”) → Il a entré la clé dans la serrure.être (=”to be”) → Il est entré par la porte.– We are happy that they want to get married. Nous sommes contents qu’ils veuillent se marier. – It’s a pity that you don’t want to come back. C’est dommage que vous ne vouliez pas revenir. Ils sont triste que nous voulions partir. Il est heureux que je veuille l’inviter. – He is happy that I want to invite him. Je voudrais – I would like is the most common way of asking for something, and is more polite than ‘ je veux‘. Vous voudrez aller dîner au restaurant après avoir passé la journée à la plage? – Will you want to go and have dinner at the restaurant after having spent the day at the beach? Ils voudront lui offrir un cadeau. – We will want to visit the Musée d’Orsay. – She will want to talk to you when you arrive. – Will you want to go out as soon as I’m ready? Elle voudra vous parler lorsque vous arriverez. (French sometimes uses the future tense when English uses the present tense.) Tu voudras sortir des que je serai. The perfect tense refers to one specific occasion, whereas the imperfect signifies that someone wanted something over a period of time. Sometimes ‘wanted’ would require the use of the imperfect tense. Je veux – I wish, I want Tu veux – You wish, you want (sing.fam.) Il veut – He wishes, he wants Elle veut – She wishes, she wants Nous voulons – We wish, we want Vous voulez – You wish, you want (pl.pol.) Ils veulent – They wish, they want (m.) Elles veulent – They wish, they want (f.) Perfect tense (passé composé) ![]() Read on to find out its use in the present, perfect, future and present subjunctive tenses. Vouloir, ‘to want’, is very common verb, and another irregular one. ![]()
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