French Passe compose avec avoir?

j' ai eu

tu as eu

il/elle a eu

nous avons eu

vous avez eu

ils/elles ont eu

I have had

you have had

he/she/it has had

we have had

you have had

they have had

Il A passé une semaine à la plage.

You conjugate avoir in present + past participle of the main verb (passer) PASSÉ. You have to memorize the past participle.

Revision of the french verbs (groups)

http://www.lepointdufle.net/present.htm

Passé composé

http://www.languageguide.org/french/grammar/introd...

http://www.lepointdufle.net/passecompose.htm

Participe passé (bottom of the page - right)

http://www.la-conjugaison.fr/du/verbe/passer.php

The passé composé is a compound conjugation, which means it has two parts:

1. present tense of the auxiliary verb (either avoir or être)

2. past participle of the main verb

Note: Like all compound conjugations, the passé composé may be subject to grammatical agreement:

* When the auxiliary verb is être, the past participle must agree with the subject

* When the auxiliary verb is avoir, the past participle may have to agree with its direct object

AIMER (auxiliary verb is avoir)

j' ai aimé nous avons aimé

tu as aimé vous avez aimé

il,

elle a aimé ils,

elles ont aimé

DEVENIR (être verb)

je suis devenu(e) nous sommes devenu(e)s

tu es devenu(e) vous êtes devenu(e)(s)

il est devenu ils sont devenus

elle est devenue elles sont devenues

SE LAVER (pronominal verb)

je me suis lavé(e) nous nous sommes lavé(e)s

tu t'es lavé(e) vous vous êtes lavé(e)(s)

il s'est lavé ils se sont lavés

elle s'est lavée elles se sont lavées

You use être with this verbs:

aller to go

arriver to arrive

descendre to descend / go downstairs

(redescendre to descend again)

entrer to enter

(rentrer to re-enter)

monter to climb

(remonter to climb again)

mourir to die

naître to be born

(renaître to be reborn, born again)

partir to leave

(repartir to leave again)

passer to pass

rester to stay

retourner to return

sortir to go out

(ressortir to go out again)

tomber to fall

(retomber to fall again)

venir to come

(devenir to become

parvenir to reach, achieve

revenir to come again, come back)

You also use it with pronominal verbs (se laver or se baigner)

You use avoir with all other verbs