La maison d'être |
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Verbs taking être in the passé composé and other compound tenses. |
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| I. All pronominals/reflexives take être (such as s’amuser, se lever, se coucher). | |
| II. A handful of other verbs take être (17 for our purposes) | |
| A. La maison d’être (16 verbs, including rentrer; but passer omitted) | |
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| B. Dr. & Mrs. Vandertrampp (16 verbs + passer) | C. Alphabetical Order | |
| Descendre past participle: descendu | aller | |
| Rentrer past participle: rentré | arriver | |
| Monter past participle: monté | descendre § | |
| Revenir past participle: revenu | devenir | |
| Sortir past participle: sorti | entrer § | |
| Venir past participle: venu | monter § | |
| Aller past participle: allé | mourir | |
| Naître past participle: né | naître | |
| Devenir past participle: devenu | partir | |
| Entrer past participle: entré | passer § | |
| Rester past participle: resté | rentrer § | |
| Tomber past participle: tombé | rester | |
| Retourner past participle: retourné | retourner § | |
| Arriver past participle: arrivé | revenir | |
| Mourir past participle: mort | sortir § | |
| Partir past participle: parti | tomber | |
| Passer past participle: passé | venir | |
| § Verbs so designated take avoir when verb occurs with an explicit direct object. For more information, click here. | ||