📖LearnModule 4 · Lesson 2 of 30Basic User · CEFR A2, completedUnit 1 · Le passé composé with être
Partir, rester, venir — more of the club
Module 4 of the free French course (CEFR A2, completed), lesson 2 of 30: Partir (to leave) gives parti; rester (to stay) gives resté; venir gives venu. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 2.
The words
French
English
Say it
partir
to leave
pahr-TEER
elle est partie
she left
ehl eh pahr-TEE
il est resté
he stayed
eel eh ress-TAY
ils sont venus
they came
eel soh(n) vuh-NEW
elles sont restées
they stayed (f)
ehl soh(n) ress-TAY
à la maison
at home
ah lah meh-ZOH(n)
tôt
early
toh
tard
late
tahr
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
La règle · The rule
Partir (to leave) gives parti; rester (to stay) gives resté; venir gives venu. Elle est partie à huit heures. Ils sont restés à la maison.
Et aussi · And also
In the plural the participle takes -s too: ils sont venus, elles sont venues.
Attention · Watch out
In the plural the participle takes -s (ils sont venus) and the feminine plural takes -es (elles sont restées). Four spellings, one sound.
partir, passé composé — the table
il est parti · elle est partie · ils sont partis · elles sont parties
rester, passé composé — the table
il est resté · elle est restée · ils sont restés · elles sont restées
venir, passé composé — the table
il est venu · elle est venue · ils sont venus · elles sont venues
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with partir.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out partir, passé composé and rester, passé composé and venir, passé composé in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.