What is avoir passé composé?
The passé composé, a compound past tense, is formed by combining two elements: when (the action has taken place and, therefore, requires the helping verb avoir) and what (the action that has happened and, therefore, requires the past participle of the regular or irregular verb showing the particular action).
How do you conjugate reserver?
English verb conjugation TO RESERVE
- Indicative.
- Present. I reserve. you reserve.
- I am reserving. you are reserving. he is reserving.
- I reserved. you reserved. he reserved.
- I was reserving. you were reserving.
- I have reserved. you have reserved.
- I have been reserving. you have been reserving.
- I had reserved. you had reserved.
What is the past participle of reserve?
Reserve verb forms
| Infinitive | Present Participle | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| reserve | reserving | reserved |
How do you use Vouloir in passé composé?
In Le Passé Composé, the meaning of vouloir is often closer to “tried”. Note that with avoir as an auxiliary, past participles never agree with the subject of the verb: Il a voulu avaler trop vite, et il s’est étouffé….Conjugation of VOULOIR (to want) in Le Passé Composé in French.
| j’ | ai voulu |
|---|---|
| ils/elles | ont voulu |
What is the meaning of reserver?
Definition of reserver obsolete. : one that reserves especially : reservoir.
Have reserved or had reserved?
There’s only a minor difference in this: I had means that you are recalling th past action of reserving . Have reserved means you are recalling that a reservation exists now, because you made it in the past. Think of the difference between ‘I had a reservation’ and I have a reservation’ .
Do avoir verbs agree?
Most French verbs are conjugated with avoir as their auxiliary verb in compound tenses and moods, and therefore do not require agreement with their subjects. But avoir verbs do need agreement in a very specific construction: the past participle must agree with the direct object when it precedes the verb.