The present perfect tense is used for a punctual and brief action in the past tense. It is formed with the help of "avoir" or "être" auxiliary and the past participle.
In order to be able to form the present perfect tense, it is therefore necessary to know how to conjugate "avoir" and "être" in the present tense with knowing how to form the past participle. The main difficulty of the present perfect tense comes from the agreements with the past participle./p>
Here is an example of a verb conjugated in the present perfect tense with the auxiliaries "avoir" and "être":
Sujet | Auxiliary (avoir) | Past participle (finir) |
---|---|---|
J' | ai | fini |
Tu | as | fini |
Il | a | fini |
Nous | avons | fini |
Vous | avez | fini |
Ils | ont | fini |
Sujet | Auxiliary (être) | Past participle (venir) |
---|---|---|
Je | suis | venu |
Tu | es | venu |
Il | est | venu |
Nous | sommes | venus |
Vous | êtes | venus |
Ils | sont | venus |