In Le Passé Composé (Indicatif) (conversational past), the verb vivre (to live) and derivatives* use the auxiliary avoir and have an irregular past participle :
Conjugation of VIVRE (to live) in in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif) in French
j'ai vécu |
tu as vécu |
il/elle/on a vécu |
nous avons vécu |
vous avez vécu |
ils/elles ont vécu |
Here's the pattern to conjugate vivre in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif) :
Note that with avoir as an auxiliary, past participles never agree with the subject of the verb:
* Other verbs in -vivre follow the same conjugation:
survivre (to survive) -> j'ai survécu
revivre (to live again) -> j'ai revécu
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