Saturday, August 15, 2009

Passé Recent!!!!!

In french there is a structure known as "Passé Recent" which is used to express the action that has just finished. It is the structure that is similar to the " Present Perfect Tense" what we generally used in English Language. It is quite often used while speaking French Language. The structure is:

subject+venir de+verb infinite

Eg>Je viens de manger du chocolat.(ja viyan the magay thu sokola)
I have eaten chocolates.

Il vient de parler.(il viyan the pakhlay)
He has spoken.

And the negative construction for the structure is:

subject+ne+venir+pas+de+verb infinite

Eg>Je ne viens pas de manger du chocolat(ja na viyan pa the magay thu sokola)
I havenot eaten chocolates.

Il ne vient pas de parler.(il na viyan pa the pakhlay)
He hasnot spoken.

Here the verb "venir" actually means "to come" and it is used being conjugated according to the subject specified.

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