Is naître etre or avoir?

The verb naître means ‘to be born’ or ‘to emerge’. We usually see it in its passé composé form conjugated with the auxiliary être.

Devenir, “to become,” is an irregular French -ir verb, meaning the infinitive ends in -ir.
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Conjugating “Devenir”

Allé, arrivé, venu, revenu, Entré, rentré, descendu, devenu, Sorti, parti, resté, retourné, Monté, tombé, né et mort.

Naître in the Compound Past Tense

To form it, you will use the auxiliary verb être and the very short past participle Né. The key here is to conjugate être to the present tense for the subject and to leave the past participle unchanged. For example, “I was born” is je suis né and “we were born” is nous sommes né.

Verb. devenir. To become. (Louisiana, followed by de) to come from.

Most verbs use avoir as their helping verb, but there are 17 That use être. Before going any further, let’s recap the conjugation of être in the present tense, since you’ll need it for these verbs in the passé composé.

Common French Verbs of Motion

• Aller (to go) → allé(e)(s)
• Descendre (to go or step down) → descendu(e)(s)
• Monter (to go or step up) → monté(e)(s)
• Sortir (to go out) → sorti(e)(s)
• Partir (to leave) → parti(e)(s)
• Venir (to come) → venu(e)(s)
• Revenir (to come back) → revenu(e)(s)
• Rester (to stay) → resté(e)(s)

There is another version of the Mrs Vandertramp mnemonic which I learned at school: the less memorably named Mrs Daventramp, who just includes a letter for each of the Thirteen Basic verbs, missing out any which are the same with an added prefix.

Revenir is a frequently used irregular French verb That is conjugated the same as all other verbs ending in -venir and -tenir.

Mourir (“to die, die out, die away, die down”) Is an irregular French -ir verb, meaning that it doesn’t follow regular conjugation patterns.

Devenir Conjugation: Present Tense

Elle est devenue professeur. She became a teacher. Nous sommes devenus bons amis. We became good friends.

If one thing becomes another thing, it starts to be that thing.

Terms in this set (16)

• Aller. allé
• Venir. venu.
• Revenir. revenu.
• Devenir. devenu.
• Rester. resté
• Arriver. arrivé
• Entrer. entré
• Rentrer. rentré

Well, The VANDERTRAMP verbs use être as opposed to avoir when placed into the past tense. From the list of verbs above, the past participle is the word you would use after correctly conjugating être.

Terms in this set (17)

• *Devenir-Devenu. to become.
• Rentrer-Rentré to return.
• Monter-Monté to go up.
• Rester-Resté to stay.
• Sortir-Sorti. to go out.
• Passer-Passé to pass by.
• *Venir-Venu. to come.
• Aller-Allé to go.

Terms in this set (17)

• *Devenir-Devenu. to become.
• Rentrer-Rentré to return.
• Monter-Monté to go up.
• Rester-Resté to stay.
• Sortir-Sorti. to go out.
• Passer-Passé to pass by.
• *Venir-Venu. to come.
• Aller-Allé to go.

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• Avoir (to have) …
• Aller (to go) …
• Pouvoir (to be able to) …
• Vouloir (to want) …
• Faire (to do) …
• Parler (to speak) …
• Demander (to ask)

Devenir is a French irregular verb meaning To become.
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Devenir Conjugation: Present Tense.

Past Tense Pouvoir Conjugation (le passé composé)

It is formed by Conjugating the verb avoir in the present tense, then adding the past participle of the verb, which in this case is pu. When using the verb pouvoir in the present perfect, it means “was/were able to”, or managed to/succeeded to.

Verb conjugation of “retenir” in French

1. Je retiens. tu retiens.
2. Il retenait. nous avons retenu.
3. Vous retiendrez.
4. Ils retiendraient.

Apprendre is a French irregular verb meaning to learn.
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Apprendre Conjugation: Present Tense.