French Participles

Regular Past Participles

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Regular Past Participles

The French past participle is used in compound verb tenses, as an adjective, in the passive voice, and in pronominal (reflexive) verbs.

-er participles

Infinitive Past Participle Definition
sauter sauté to jump
aimer aimé to love

-ir participles

Infinitive Past Participle Definition
finir fini to finish
choisir choisi to choose

-re participles

Infinitive Past Participle Definition
vendre vendu to sell
attendre attendu to wait