11.8.4
Pluperfect - Irregular Verbs with 'Être'
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Irregular Être Verbs in the Pluperfect Tense
'Venir' has an irregular past participle. It uses 'être' as an auxiliary verb. Any verb that has 'venir' in it follows the same pattern. Here are the irregular 'venir' verbs in the pluperfect tense:
Venir - to come
- J'étais venu(e) - I had come.
- Tu étais venu(e) - you had come.
- Il/elle/on était venu(e) - he/she/one had come.
- Nous étions venu(e)s - we had come.
- Vous étiez venu(e)(s) - you had come.
- Ils/elles étaient venu(e)s - they had come.
Devenir - to become
- J'étais devenu(e) - I had become.
- Tu étais devenu(e) - you had become.
- Il/elle/on était devenu(e) - he/she/one had become.
- Nous étions devenu(e)s - we had become.
- Vous étiez devenu(e)(s) - you had become.
- Ils/elles étaient devenu(e)s - they had become.
Revenir - to come back
- J'étais revenu(e) - I had come back.
- Tu étais revenu(e) - you had come back.
- Il/elle/one était revenu(e) - he/she/one had come back.
- Nous étions revenu(e)s - we had come back.
- Vous étiez revenu(e)(s) - you had come back.
- Ils/elles étaient revenu(e)s - they had come back.
Irregular Être Verbs in the Pluperfect Tense
'Naître' and 'mourir' use 'être' in the perfect tense. They have irregular past participles.
Naître - to be born
- J'étais né(e) - I had been born.
- Tu étais né(e) - you had been born.
- Il/elle/on était né(e) - he/she/one had been born.
- Nous étions né(e)s - we had been born.
- Vous étiez né(e)(s) - you had been born.
- Ils/elles étaient né(e)s - they had been born.
Mourir - to die
- J'étais mort(e) - I had died.
- Tu étais mort(e) - you had died.
- Il/elle/on était mort(e) - he/she/one had died.
- Nous étions mort(e)s - we had died.
- Vous étiez mort(e)(s) - you had died.
- Ils/elles étaient mort(e)s - they had died.
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11Conjugation & Use of Tenses
11.1Present Tense
11.1.1Irregular IR Verbs That End in 'vrir'11.1.2Irregular RE Verbs11.1.3RE Present Participle11.1.4Irregular IR Verbs With No Pattern11.1.5Irregular IR Verbs That End in 'enir'11.1.6Regular IR Verbs11.1.7Reflexive Verbs11.1.8ER Present Participles11.1.95 Common IR Verbs11.1.10Stem-Changing Verbs11.1.11Irregular Present Participles11.1.12Irregular IR Verbs Like 'Partir'11.1.13Regular RE Verbs11.1.14Irregular ER Verbs - Aller11.1.15Modal Irregular IR Verbs11.1.165 Common RE Verbs11.1.17Irregular RE Verbs With No Pattern11.1.18Avoir11.1.19Être11.1.20Regular ER Verbs11.1.21IR Present Participle11.1.225 Common ER Verbs
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11.3Imperfect Tense
11.4Future Tense
11.5Conditional Tense
11.6Future Perfect Tense
11.7Conditional Perfect Tense
12Extra Grammar
12.2Adjectives
12.3Numerals
12.4Adverbs
12.5Quantifiers & Intensifiers
12.6Pronouns
12.7Passive Voice
12.8Prepositions
12.9Conjunctions
12.10Negation
12.11Questions
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1The Changing Nature of Family
1.1Soucis et problèmes de famille
1.2Monoparentalité, homoparentalité etc
2The 'cyber-society'
2.1Qui sont les cybernautes ?
2.2Comment la technologie facilite la vie quotidienne
3The Place of Voluntary Work
3.1Qui sont et que font les bénévoles ?
3.2La valeur du bénévolat
4Diverse Society
4.1L'enrichissement dû à la mixité
4.2Tolérance et respect
5The Marginalised
5.1Qui ils sont
5.2Comment aider
6How Criminals Are Treated
6.1Quelles attitudes envers la criminalité ?
6.2La prison – échec ou succès ?
7A Culture Proud of its Heritage
7.1Le patrimoine - national, régional et local
7.2Comment le patrimoine reflète la culture
7.3Le patrimoine et le tourisme
8Cinema: the 7th Art Form
8.1Pourquoi le septième art?
8.2Le cinéma - une passion nationale ?
9Demonstrations, strikes – who holds the power?
9.1Le pouvoir des syndicats
9.2Manifestations et grèves – sont-elles efficaces ?
10Politics & Immigration
10.1Politiques d'intégration et immigration
10.2L'immigration et les partis politiques
10.3L'engagement politique des immigrés
11Conjugation & Use of Tenses
11.1Present Tense
11.1.1Irregular IR Verbs That End in 'vrir'11.1.2Irregular RE Verbs11.1.3RE Present Participle11.1.4Irregular IR Verbs With No Pattern11.1.5Irregular IR Verbs That End in 'enir'11.1.6Regular IR Verbs11.1.7Reflexive Verbs11.1.8ER Present Participles11.1.95 Common IR Verbs11.1.10Stem-Changing Verbs11.1.11Irregular Present Participles11.1.12Irregular IR Verbs Like 'Partir'11.1.13Regular RE Verbs11.1.14Irregular ER Verbs - Aller11.1.15Modal Irregular IR Verbs11.1.165 Common RE Verbs11.1.17Irregular RE Verbs With No Pattern11.1.18Avoir11.1.19Être11.1.20Regular ER Verbs11.1.21IR Present Participle11.1.225 Common ER Verbs
11.2Perfect Tense
11.3Imperfect Tense
11.4Future Tense
11.5Conditional Tense
11.6Future Perfect Tense
11.7Conditional Perfect Tense
12Extra Grammar
12.2Adjectives
12.3Numerals
12.4Adverbs
12.5Quantifiers & Intensifiers
12.6Pronouns
12.7Passive Voice
12.8Prepositions
12.9Conjunctions
12.10Negation
12.11Questions
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