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French Passé Récent Guide

The document discusses the passé récent (recent past) tense in French. The passé récent is used to talk about actions that were just completed before the present moment. It is formed by using a conjugated form of the verb venir (to come) plus de (of/from) plus the infinitive of the main verb. Examples are given of conjugating venir in the present tense to talk about events that happened immediately prior to the present. Practice exercises are provided to fill in sentences using the correct present tense forms of venir.

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French Passé Récent Guide

The document discusses the passé récent (recent past) tense in French. The passé récent is used to talk about actions that were just completed before the present moment. It is formed by using a conjugated form of the verb venir (to come) plus de (of/from) plus the infinitive of the main verb. Examples are given of conjugating venir in the present tense to talk about events that happened immediately prior to the present. Practice exercises are provided to fill in sentences using the correct present tense forms of venir.

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L E PA S S É R É C E N T: T H E

R E C E N T PA S T I N F R E N C H
• What is the passé récent?

We use le passé récent (the recent past) to talk about


completed actions that happened shortly before the moment of
speaking. In English, we use the construction have just + past
participle, while in French we use the conjugated form of the
verb venir.
• How to form the recent past in French
• To form the passé récent we use a conjugated form of
the verb venir + de +infinitive.
Example:Je viens de louper le train
If we refer to something that happened just before the
present moment, venir is conjugated in the present (le
présent).Example:Le train vient de partir. Nous devons
attendre le prochain.
1st person singular (I) je viens
2nd person
tu viens
singular (you)
3rd person manger
il/elle/on vient de finir
singular (he/she/it)
voir
1st person plural (we) nous venons
2nd person plural (you) vous venez
3rd person plural (they) ils/elles viennent
• Exercises
• Complete the sentences with the correct present tense form of the
verb venir.
1.Mes amis__________ de partir.
2.Est-ce que tu________ de m’appeler ?
3.Christine_________ d’apprendre une bonne nouvelle.
4.Vous_______ de rater le train.
5.Je_________ de voir mon professeur dans la rue.
6.Les filles _______ de commencer à faire le gâteau.
7.Nous________ de terminer nos devoirs.

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