What is passé récent French?
It is one of several ways to express the past in French The French recent past is a verb construction that’s used to express something that just happened. It is called the passé récent.
How do you form Le passé récent in French?
To form the passé récent we use a conjugated form of the verb venir + de + infinitive. Example: Je viens de louper le train. I’ve just missed the train.
Which verb is used in the recent past tense French?
verb VENIR
The recent past is used to speak about an action that is very close in the past, an action that happened just before the moment one speak. You have to use the verb VENIR followed by the preposition DE and a verb in INFINITIVE.
How do you conjugate reflexive verbs in passé récent?
Terms in this set (9)
- Subject + Venir + De + Reflexive + Infinitive. Formula.
- Subject + NE + Venir + PAS + De + Reflexive + Infinitive. Negative Formula.
- Je viens de me laver.
- Je ne viens pas de me laver.
- Tu viens de te laver.
- Il/Elle vient de se laver.
- Nous venons de nous laver.
- Vous venez de vous laver.
How do you use passé récent?
To use le passé récent, conjugate venir in the present tense according to the subject, then follow it with the preposition de and the infinitive of the action verb. Remember that de must contract when it’s followed by a verb starting with a vowel or mute h.
How do you use plus que parfait?
Use. The term “plus-que-parfait” suggests “more in the past than the perfect.” The tense is used to indicate actions which took place before another action in the past, which is usually (though not always) described in the perfect (passé composé).
How do you use recent past in a sentence?
Example sentences recent past
- Its recent past is shrouded in secrecy. Times, Sunday Times (2007)
- In the recent past we have achieved a ‘ brain gain’. Times, Sunday Times (2015)
- No other country has gone so far to absorb the lessons of the recent past. Times, Sunday Times (2010)
How do you use Je Viens De?
Venir de = Just did something “Je viens de [+ verbe]” = “I’ve just [done something].” You can use it to talk about the immediate past in French. It’s like a whole new tense – and much easier than the other past tenses in French.
What is the recent past tense?
Definition: Recent past tense is a past tense that refers to a time, culturally and situationally defined, within the span ranging from yesterday to a week or a few months previous.
Can I say recent past?
You are correct. It is both common and acceptable to qualify the past as the distant past or the recent past.