Conjugate avoir (+ avoir) in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)

2022-01-19

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J'ai eu trois cadeaux pour mon anniversaire.I got three presents for my birthday.

As-tu eu mon message?Did you get my message?

Nous avons tous eu la varicelle.We all had chickenpox.

In Le Passé Composé (conversational past), the verb "avoir" (to have) has an irregular past participle: "eu", and works with 'avoir' as an auxiliary.

Learn how to conjugate AVOIR (to have) in Le Passé Composé in French

j'ai eu	I had/have had
tu as eu	you had/have had (singular-familiar form)
il/elle/on a eu	he/she/we/one/people had/has had

nous avons eu	we had/have had
vous avez eu	you had/have had
ils/elles ont eu	They had/have had

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Hier, j'ai eu des invités.Yesterday, I had guests.

J'ai eu trois cadeaux pour mon anniversaire.I got three presents for my birthday.

Nous avons eu la varicelle en même temps.We had chicken pox at the same time.

As-tu eu mon message?Did you get my message?

Nous avons tous eu la varicelle.We all had chickenpox.

Cette même année, elle a eu des jumeaux.That same year, she had twins.

Vous avez eu beaucoup de chance ce jour-là.You were very lucky that day.