Finally Understand the French Past Tense — Passé Composé from Zero (A1–A2)

Finally understand the French past tense — le passé composé — how to say what you DID and what you HAVE done. This is the one grammar lesson that unlocks real French conversation, and by the end you'll be able to build it yourself for almost any verb. 🇫🇷 We go slowly and clearly, the comprehensible-input way: you see the English, then a native French voice says each sentence slowly, twice — just listen and repeat out loud — with quiz moments and a little game where YOU answer first. What you'll master: • The simple two-part formula: avoir (or être) + a past participle • How to BUILD a past participle from any regular verb: -ER → é, -IR → i, -RE → u • The big family of avoir verbs, with real everyday sentences • The irregular participles worth memorising (fait, vu, pris, eu, été…) • The famous ÊTRE verbs — movement (DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP) and reflexives — plus agreement • A game: être or avoir? Choose out loud before the answer shows • Saying what you DIDN'T do (ne … pas) and asking questions about the past 🔵 Level: A1–A2 — beginner. 57 real passé-composé sentences, English shown, two native voices, slow and clear. This is the Verbs & Tenses lane of Cocoon French — the past tense your other lessons have been building toward. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:48 What you'll learn 1:24 The formula — how the past works 3:41 Building the past participle (-er / -ir / -re) 6:21 The avoir verbs — most of them 9:12 Irregular participles — learn these 11:36 The être verbs — movement + agreement 15:28 Reflexive verbs — always être 17:07 The game — être or avoir? 19:46 Saying what you didn't do 21:31 Asking about the past 23:05 Hear it in use — a real chat 24:35 Récap 25:08 Bravo 💬 Understood this lesson? Type « j'ai compris » in the comments — and tell me what YOU did today, in French, starting with j'ai. 🔔 Subscribe to Cocoon French — a new beginner lesson every couple of days, each one building on the last. #LearnFrench #PasséComposé #FrenchPastTense #FrenchForBeginners #SlowFrench #FrenchGrammar #AvoirÊtre #A1French #A2French #CocoonFrench