A. The use of the passé composé tense The passé composé, as its name suggests, is a past tense.

It therefore expresses an action or fact that has already taken place at the time we are speaking.
Examples:

 Nous avons mangé. (We have eaten.)

 Elles sont arrivées. (They have arrived.)

B. The construction of the passé composé It is a compound tense, which means that the
conjugated form uses the auxiliary verb "être" or "avoir" conjugated in the present indicative
and the past participle of the verb to be conjugated.

A. The passé composé tense is a past tense that expresses an action or fact that has already
occurred at the time of speaking. This tense is indicated by its name "passé composé".

Examples:

 Nous avons mangé. (We have eaten.)

 Elles sont arrivées. (They have arrived.)

B. To form the passé composé, a conjugated auxiliary verb "être" or "avoir" in the present indicative is
used along with the past participle of the verb being conjugated. This makes the passé composé a
compound tense.