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**Le passé composé avec être**

There are sixteen verbs in French that use être as their auxilliary verb in le passé composé instead of avoir. These are the DRMRSVANDERTRAMP verbs.

__L’auxiliare (être)__

Je suis Tu es Il est Elle est Nous sommes Vous êtes Ils sont Elles sont

__Les verbes DRMRSVANDERTRAMP__

Here are the 16 DRMRSVANDERTRAMP verbs listed in infinitive form, then in their past tense form, and then their translation into English.

Devenir --> devenu = to become Revenir --> revenu = to come back / to come again Monter --> monté = to go up / to climb <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Rester --> resté = to stay <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Sortir --> sorti = to go out <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Venir --> venu = to come <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Aller --> allé = to go <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Naître --> né = to be born <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Descendre --> descendu = to go down / to descend <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Entrer --> entré = to enter <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Rentrer -->rentré = to re-enter <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Tomber --> tombé = to fall <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Retourner --> retourné = to return <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Arriver --> arrivé = to arrive <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Mourir --> mort = to die <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Partir --> parti = to leave

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">__L’accord du participe passé__

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">The DRMRSVANDERTRAMP verbs also have one more interesting characteristic - **they act like adjectives** - or in other words, their endings need to agree with their subjects. So if your subject is feminine, you must add an E to the verb. If your subject is plural, you must add an S to the verb. A quick outline is given below:

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Je suis ---(e) //(only add the E if you know the subject is feminine)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Tu es ---(e) //(only add the E if you know the subject is feminine)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Il est --- //(for masculine singular no extra ending is added)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Elle est ---e <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Nous sommes ---(e)s <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Vous êtes ---(e)s <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Ils sont ---s <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Elles sont ---es

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;"> //eg. devenir//

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Je suis devenu(e) //(I became)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Tu es devenu(e) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Il est devenu <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Elle est devenue <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Nous sommes devenu(e)s <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Vous êtes devenu(e)s <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Ils sont devenus <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Elles sont devenues

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">__Negation__

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Like verbs that use avoir in the passé composé, to make DRMRSVANDERTRAMP verbs negative, place the ne...pas **only around the être part, or the first verb.**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">//eg. aller//

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Je **ne** suis **pas** allé(e) //(I did not go)// <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Tu **n'**es **pas** allé(e) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Il **n'**est **pas** allé <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Elle **n'**est **pas** allée <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Nous **ne** sommes **pas** allé(e)s <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Vous **n'**êtes **pas** allé(e)s <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Ils **ne** sont **pas** allés <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; text-align: left;">Elles **ne** sont **pas** allées