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editCan someone add a history of the tense?
== "or an action has been repeated numerous times in the past" It is not true. you don't use passé composé when it is repeated in the past, or when it is an habit. You use "imparfait"
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These can also be discussed:
- Why is passé composé is preferred over passé simple
- The distinction between passé compose and imparfait
I think what the article is referring to, S7even, is not a habitual action, but an action that repeats several times in the past. Je ne sais pas combien de fois j'ai dû lui dire de ne pas faire ça.--seberle (talk) 19:13, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
damn these are some useful articles for studying the conjugation
thx authors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.4.158.218 (talk) 23:29, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Agreed this page is helpful. And the House of Etre picture is useful but hilarious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.123.251.8 (talk) 11:28, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
- The house of être is a frequently used mnemonic device in French classes in the U.S. --seberle (talk) 18:14, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Pronunciation: I think the suggested pronunciation might have been hacked as "kurac" means "dick" in southern slavic languages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.168.74.59 (talk) 15:25, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
Auxiliary "Avoir"
editThis section is very poorly written, passe compose conjugations with avoir should always have an object in the sentence to show correct usage. As it is presently written, all the examples lack an object, so all the examples are technically wrong! SystemBuilder (talk) 05:34, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
- The use of an object may help one to memorize the sentence (as in J'ai vu couler la Seine sous les ponts de Paris) but it is not compulsory (as in Je suis venu, j'ai vu, j'ai vaincu). --Elnon (talk) 09:15, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
As of today, this section doesn't even contain a full sentence. Where did this section go? 73.132.162.14 (talk) 14:00, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
On/It
edit"il/elle/on est mort(e) (he/she/it is dead)"? On what planet does "on" mean "it"? 78.247.84.27 (talk) 01:45, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
Acronymphomania
editFrom the article, at this time : "acronym DR and MRS VANDERTRAMP"
Whoever wrote this had clearly heard (and remembered) this acronym. But it was never used in the formal teaching I had in Britain in the 70s. (Actually, I don't think any acronyms were used ; didn't stop the class doing fairly well overall.)
How useful acronyms are is one question. Probably not harmful - they're easy enough to ignore. But if anyone knows any different acronyms (especially from British tuition, or teaching of French to native-Eritrean speakers), they might as well go in.