Irregular past participles in French

• appartenir = to belong

    > Ce livre a appartenu à mon grand-père.

= This book belonged to my grandfather.

• apprendre = to learn

    > Il a appris à nager à l’âge de 5 ans.

= He learned to swim when he was 5 years old.

• (s’) asseoir = to sit, to sit down

    > Il s’est assis sur un banc. =

= He sat on a bench.

• avoir = to have

    > Elle a eu très peur. =

= She got very scared.

• boire = to drink

    > Ils ont bu un chocolat chaud.

= They drank hot chocolate.

• comprendre = to understand

    > Vous avez compris ?

= Did you understand?

• connaître = to know

    > Elles ont très bien connu ta grand-mère.

= They knew your grandmother very well.

• croire = to believe 

    > Ils n’ont jamais cru au père Noël.

= They never believed in Santa.

• devenir = to become

    > Qu’est-ce qu’il est devenu ?

= What happened to him?

• devoir = to have to, must

    > On a dû partir plus tôt que prévu.

= We had to leave earlier than expected.

• dire = to say

    > Qu’est-ce que tu as dit ?

= What did you say?

• écrire = to write

    > Il a écrit une lettre à ses parents.

= He wrote a letter to his parents.

• être = to be

    > Elle a été très malade la semaine dernière.

= She was very ill last week.

• faire = to do, make

    > Tu as fait les courses ?

= Have you done the grocery shopping?

• lire = to read

    > J’ai lu ce roman en une journée.

= I read this novel in one day.

• mettre = to put, put on

    > Elle a mis sa plus belle robe.

= She put on her best dress.

• obtenir = to obtain, get 

    > Elle a obtenu de très bonnes notes.

= She got very good marks.

• offrir = to offer, give

    > Il m’a offert un bouquet de fleurs.

= He gave me a bunch of flowers.

• ouvrir = to open

    > Le magasin a ouvert à 10 h.

= The shop opened at 10 am.

• permettre = to allow, enable

    > Elle ne m’a pas permis de rentrer.

= She didn’t let me in.

• pleuvoir = to rain

    > Il a plu toute la journée.

= It rained all day.

• pouvoir = to be able to, can

    > Je n’ai pas pu prendre de vacances cette année.

= I couldn’t take a holiday this year.

• prendre = to take

    > Il a pris le bus pour venir.

= He took the bus here.

• recevoir = to receive

    > Tu as reçu mon message ?

= Did you get my message?

• revenir = to come back, return

    > Tu es revenu à quelle heure ?

= What time did you get back?

• rire = to laugh

    > On a beaucoup ri.

= We had a lot of fun.

• savoir = to know

    > Il a su que tu as eu un accident ?

= Did he know you had an accident?

• suivre = to follow

    > J’ai suivi tes conseils.

= I followed your advice.

• tenir = to hold 

    > Ils ont tenu leur promesse.

= They kept their promise.

• venir = to come

    > Il est venu vers 11 h.

= He came around 11.

• vivre = to live 

    > Nous avons vécu à Paris pendant 5 ans.

= We lived in Paris for 5 years.

• voir = to see

    > Il n’a rien vu.

= He didn’t see anything.

• vouloir = to want

    > Elle a toujours voulu être infirmière.

= She always wanted to be a nurse.