Elle est partie travailler.
She left to go to work.
rester
Je suis resté à la maison.
I stayed home.
retourner Il est retourné au restaurant.
He returned to the restaurant.
tomber
Je suis tombé dans la piscine. I fell into the pool.
naître
Je suis né en octobre.
I was born in october.
mourir
Il est mort en 1917.
He died in 1917.
passer
Il est passé devant la maison. It happened in front of the house.
monter
Je suis monté au sommet.
I climbed to the top.
descendre Il est descendu du train.
He got out of the train.
sortir
Je suis sorti avec mes amies.
I went out with my friends.
entrer
Je suis entré dans ma chambre. I entered my room.
rentrer
Il est rentré tôt de l'école.
He came back early from school.
The verbs that take être can be easily remebered by the acronym MRS. DR VANDERTRAMP: M
R
S
D
R
monté resté
sorti
devenu
revenu
V
A
N
D
E
R
T
R
A
M
P
venu
arrivé né
descendu
entré
rentré
tombé retourné
allé mort parti
Moreover, all the pronominal verbs (with se), like se cacher (to hide oneself) or se demander (to wonder), are ALWAYS conjugated with être.
Direct Objects
One must know that these verbs take their conjugated avoir when they are immediately followed by a direct object
For Example:
Je suis descendu with the direct object "mes bagages"
becomes:
J' ai descendu mes bagages.
Another example:
Je suis monté with the direct object "mes bagages"
becomes:
J' ai monté mes bagages.
Yet another example but with ils instead of Je:
Ils sont sortis with direct object "leur passeport"
becomes:
Ils ont sorti leur passeport.
Subject-Past Participle Agreement
When conjugating with être, the past participles of the above verbs must agree with the the subject of a sentence in gender and plurality. Note that there is no agreement if these verbs are conjugated with avoir.
If the subject is masculine singular, there is no change in the past participle.
If the subject is feminine singular, an -e is added to the past participle.
If the subject is masculine plural, an -s is added to the past participle.
If the subject is feminine plural, an -es is added to the past participle.
J suis allé(e). Nous sommes allé(e)s.
Tu es allé(e). Vous êtes allé(e)(s).
