Conjugate avoir (+ avoir) in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE

Last updated: 2022-09-29

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Avoir is a very useful verb to know in French. Here's how to conjugate this verb in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif).

Look at these sentences:

J'ai eu trois cadeaux pour mon anniversaire.I got three presents for my birthday.

As-tu eu mon message?Did you get my message?

Nous avons tous eu la varicelle.We all had chickenpox.

In Le Passé Composé (compound past), the verb "avoir" (to have) has an irregular past participle: "eu", and works with 'avoir' as an auxiliary.

Learn how to conjugate AVOIR (to have) in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif) in French

j'ai eu	I had/have had
tu as eu	you had/have had (singular-familiar form)
il/elle/on a eu	he/she/we/one/people had/has had

nous avons eu	we had/have had
vous avez eu	you had/have had
ils/elles ont eu	They had/have had

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Examples and resources

Nous avons tous eu la varicelle.We all had chickenpox.

Nous avons eu la varicelle en même temps.We had chicken pox at the same time.

Hier, j'ai eu des invités.Yesterday, I had guests.

Cette même année, elle a eu des jumeaux.That same year, she had twins.