{"id":23423,"date":"2016-05-31T05:24:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T03:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=23423"},"modified":"2016-05-31T12:44:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T10:44:03","slug":"quest-ce-que-jai-fait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/quest-ce-que-jai-fait\/","title":{"rendered":"Qu&#8217;est-ce que j&#8217;ai fait?*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1986, Sabine Paturel had a hit with the song &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_B%C3%AAtises\"><em>Les b\u00eatises<\/em><\/a>&#8220;. There is just a handful (<em>une poign\u00e9e<\/em>) of verbs in French that use the verb <em>\u00eatre <\/em>to form the past tense, but most verbs in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pass%C3%A9_compos%C3%A9\"><em>pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9<\/em><\/a> are formed using the verb <em>avoir<\/em> (to have). <em>Les b\u00eatises<\/em> gives you lots of chances to review the first person singular (<em>je<\/em>) form of past tense French <em>avoir<\/em> verbs.<\/p>\n<p>For your reference, the other forms of the verb <em>avoir<\/em> are:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\"><em>j(e)<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">ai<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">nous<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">avons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">tu<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">as<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">vous<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">avez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">il\/elle\/on<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">a<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">ils\/elles<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">ont<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sabine Paturel - Les B\u00eatises (Clip officiel)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gD7trwyPGKA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>J&#8217;ai tout** mang\u00e9 les chocolats \/ I ate all the chocolcates<br \/>\nJ&#8217;ai tout fum\u00e9 les Craven A \/ I smoked all the Craven A***<br \/>\nEt comme t&#8217;\u00e9tais toujours pas l\u00e0 \/ And since you still weren\u2019t there<br \/>\nJ&#8217;ai tout vid\u00e9 le Rhum Coca \/ I finished (<em>emptied<\/em>) all the Rum &amp; Coke<\/p>\n<p>J&#8217;ai tout d\u00e9mont\u00e9 tes tableaux \/ I took apart all your paintings<br \/>\nJ&#8217;ai tout d\u00e9coup\u00e9 tes rideaux \u00a0\/ I cut up all your curtains<br \/>\nTout d\u00e9chir\u00e9 tes belles photos \u00a0\/ I ripped up all the pretty pictures<br \/>\nQue tu cachais dans ton bureau \/ That you had hidden in your desk<\/p>\n<p>Fallait pas m&#8217; quitter tu vois \/ (You) shouldn\u2019t have left me you see<br \/>\nIl est beau le r\u00e9sultat \/ What did you expect\u00a0? (<em>The results are nice<\/em>)<br \/>\nJe fais rien que des b\u00eatises \/ I just keep making mistakes<br \/>\nDes b\u00eatises quand t&#8217;es pas l\u00e0 \/ Mistakes since you\u2019re gone<\/p>\n<p>J&#8217;ai tout d\u00e9mont\u00e9 le bahut \/ I disassembled the buffet<br \/>\nJ&#8217;ai tout bien \u00e9tal\u00e9 la glu \/ I spread the glue everywhere<br \/>\nComme t&#8217;\u00e9tais toujours pas revenu \/ And since you still you hadn\u2019t returned<br \/>\nJ&#8217;ai tout hach\u00e9 menu menu \/ I chopped everything up in tiny pieces<\/p>\n<p>J&#8217;ai tout br\u00fbl\u00e9 le beau tapis \/ I burned the beautiful carpet<br \/>\nJ&#8217;ai tout sci\u00e9 les pieds du lit \/ I sawed off all the bed legs<br \/>\nTout d\u00e9cousu tes beaux habits \/ Unstiched all your nice suits****<br \/>\nEt mis le feu \u00e0 la pend&#8217;rie \/ And set fire to the closet<\/p>\n<p>Fallait pas m&#8217; quitter tu vois \/ (You) shouldn\u2019t have left me you see<br \/>\nIl est beau le r\u00e9sultat \/ What did you expect\u00a0? (<em>The results are nice<\/em>)<br \/>\nJe fais rien que des b\u00eatises \/ I just keep making mistakes<br \/>\nDes b\u00eatises quand t&#8217;es pas l\u00e0 \/ Mistakes since you\u2019re gone<\/p>\n<p>Fallait pas casser mon c\u0153ur \/ (You) shouldn\u2019t have broken my heart<br \/>\nM&#8217; laisser sans baby sitter \u00a0\/ Left me alone without a baby sitter<br \/>\nJe fais rien que des b\u00eatises \/ I just keep making mistakes<br \/>\nDes b\u00eatises quand mes yeux pleurent \/ Mistakes when my eyes are crying<\/p>\n<p>J&#8217;ai tout renvers\u00e9 les poubelles \/ Dumped out all the trash\u00a0 cans<br \/>\nJ&#8217;ai tout pill\u00e9 la belle vaisselle \/ Broke all the pretty dishes<br \/>\nAttends c&#8217;est pas tout \u00e0 fait tout \/ But wait that\u2019s not quite all<br \/>\nJ&#8217;ai aussi d\u00e9pens\u00e9 tous tes sous \u00a0\/ Spent all your money<\/p>\n<p>Fallait pas m&#8217; quitter tu vois \/ (You) shouldn\u2019t have left me you see<br \/>\nIl est beau le r\u00e9sultat \/ What did you expect\u00a0? (<em>The results are nice<\/em>)<br \/>\nJe fais rien que des b\u00eatises \/ I just keep making mistakes<br \/>\nDes b\u00eatises***** quand t&#8217;es pas l\u00e0 \/ Mistakes since you\u2019re gone<\/p>\n<p>* <em>What did I do?!!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** <em>tout<\/em><em> c<\/em>an be an adjective or an adverb. When it is an adjective (modifying a noun) it agrees in gender and number with the noun that it modifies. When it is an adverb (modifying a verb) it is invariable (doesn&#8217;t change). In this context\/song, it reinforces the verb and means &#8220;all of it\/them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>*** <em>les Craven A\u00a0 <\/em>were a specific brand of English cigarettes that were apparently favorites of Charles de Gaulle<\/p>\n<p>**** <em>les habits<\/em> can be just clothes, but it generally is considered more formal\/fancy than <em>les v\u00eatements<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***** <em>les b\u00eatises de Cambrai <\/em>are a confection made in the northern French town of Cambrai. Legend has it that they were &#8220;a mistake&#8221; made by the son of a local candy maker . . . but a happy mistake that became famous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1986, Sabine Paturel had a hit with the song &#8220;Les b\u00eatises&#8220;. There is just a handful (une poign\u00e9e) of verbs in French that use the verb \u00eatre to form the past tense, but most verbs in the pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9 are formed using the verb avoir (to have). 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