IRREGULAR: Aller indicative (Passé Composé, Futur Antérieur, Plus-que-parfait) Flashcards
What is the passé composé used for?
To talk about ONE-TIME actions in the past, or an action in the past which interrupted another (ongoing) event/action; to list past actions (usually with time indicator)
Je suis allé
I once went (passé composé)
I once went
Je suis allé(e)
(passé composé)
tu es allé
You once went
* (passé composé)
you once went ( (passé composé)
tu es allé
il/elle/on est allé(e)
he/she/one once went (passé composé)
he/she/one once went
il/elle/on est allé(e)
(passé composé)
nous sommes allés
we once went
(passé composé)
We once went
nous sommes allées
(passé composé)
vous êtes allés
you once went (formal, passécomposé)
you once went (formal)
vous êtes allés (passé composé)
ils/elles sont allé(e)s
they once went (passé composé)
they once went
ils/elles sont allé(e)s
passé composé
When is the plus-que-parfait used?
to talk about an action or situation that took place before another past action
eg I had been ____ when ____
j’étais allé(e)
I had been going (Plus-que-parfait)
I had been going (Plus-que-parfait)
j’étais allé(e)
tu étais allé(e)
you had been going
Plus-que-parfait
you had been going
tu étais allé(e)
Plus-que-parfait
il/elle était allé(e)
he/she had been going
Plus-que-parfait
nous étions allés
we had been going (Plus-que-parfait)
we had been going
nous étions allés
Plus-que-parfait
vous étiez allés
you had been going (formal)
Plus-que-parfait
you had been going - formal
vous étiez allés (Plus-que-parfait)
ils/elles étaient allé(e)s
they had been going (Plus-que-parfait)