
Le passé récent: The Recent Past
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Ian Poole
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Le passé récent: The Recent Past
Today, we will learn how to use the verb VENIR + infinitif to speak about events that happened recently in the past.
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What does passé récent mean?
passé = the past
récent = recent, so it happened not long ago
passé récent is used to stress that something JUST happened
English: I just arrived, I just woke up, Loris Vergier just won the race!
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Some Examples
Je viens de chanter une chanson = I just sang a song.
Nous venons d'arriver = we have just arrived.
Tu viens de parler. = You have just spoken.
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Multiple Choice
What does passé récent mean?
the recent past
the past
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Multiple Choice
Which English sentence is written in the recent past?
He won the race!
He had won the race!
He just won the race!
He has won the race!
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Multiple Choice
Which sentence is written in passé récent?
Je viens de parler.
Je parle.
Je vais parler.
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Forming the passé récent:
Part 1: sujet (subject) can be a pronoun (je, tu, il, nous...) or a noun (Catherine, le docteur, Les cyclistes...)
Part 2: Verb VENIR (to come) in its proper present form
Part 3: de (from)
Part 4: Verb infinitive
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Verb Infinitives
These are verbs in their dictionary form.
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In-Depth Example
I just played the park.
Sujet: Je
Venir: Je viens de
To play: jouer
Je viens de jouer au parc.
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More Examples
I just arrived...
Je viens d'arriver.
They (masculine) just spoke.
Ils viennent de parler.
She just worked.
Elle vient de travailler.
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Multiple Choice
I just walked.
Je marche.
Je viens marcher.
Je viens de marcher.
Je viens marche.
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Multiple Choice
He just played soccer.
Il joue au soccer.
Il aime jouer au soccer.
Il veut jouer au soccer.
Il vient de jouer au soccer.
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Multiple Choice
We just arrived.
Nous arrivons.
Nous voulons arriver.
Nous venons d'arriver.
Nous venons arriver.
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Multiple Choice
You have just spoken with a cat.
Tu viens de parler avec un chat.
Le chat vient de parler avec toi.
Tu parles avec un chat.
Tu es un chat.
Le passé récent: The Recent Past
Today, we will learn how to use the verb VENIR + infinitif to speak about events that happened recently in the past.
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