Conjugate avoir (+ avoir) in Le Passé Composé (conversational past)

2020-06-01

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

As-tu eu mon message?Did you have 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:

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

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

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

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

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

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