In Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), the verb écrire (to write) and its derivatives* have irregular past participles: écrit.
Learn how to conjugate ÉCRIRE (to write) in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif) in French
j' |
ai écrit |
tu |
as écrit |
il / elle / on |
a écrit |
nous |
avons écrit |
vous |
avez écrit |
ils/elles |
ont écrit |
Here's the pattern to conjugate écrire in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif) :
avoir in Le Présent + écrit
Here are some examples:
Note that with avoir as an auxiliary, past participles never agree with the subject of the verb:
*These derivatives follow the same pattern as écrire:
inscrire (to write down, register, score [a goal]) -> inscrit
réécrire (to write again) -> réécrit
décrire (to describe) -> décrit
désinscrire (unsubscribe) -> désinscrit
Attention: s'inscrire (to register oneself) uses être as it's a reflexive verb.
réécrire (to write again) -> réécrit
décrire (to describe) -> décrit
désinscrire (unsubscribe) -> désinscrit
Attention: s'inscrire (to register oneself) uses être as it's a reflexive verb.
Here are more examples:
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Conjugate écrire and derivatives (+avoir) in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)
Désinscrire: If s'inscrire is reflexive, should not désinscrire also be reflexive? ..."I unscribe myself," would seem to require it, although I have s
That's a good question Michael!
In fact, the verb can be reflexive or simply transitive when an object follows it.
Je vais désinscrire mon fils de ce cours d'allemand car il n'aime pas ça = I am going to deregister my son from this German course as he doesn't like it
Il va désinscrire son nom de cette liste électorale = He is going to take his name off this electoral list
But the verb is reflexive when the subject and the object are the same person or group.
Bonne Continuation !
Merci pour votre explication !
Désinscrire: If s'inscrire is reflexive, should not désinscrire also be reflexive? ..."I unscribe myself," would seem to require it, although I have s
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