Explanation:
The past tense is formed with the auxiliary being or having conjugated in the present tense followed by the past participle. The past tense is used to refer to a single action completed in the past. It allows to underline the result or the consequence of this action in the present.
the past tense composed of the majority of verbs is formed with avoir (have). The auxiliary être (be) is used:
-with the following 14 verbs: naître/mourir, aller/venir, monter/descendre, arriver/partir, entrer/sortir, apparaître, rester, retourner, tomber et leurs formes composées, for example : revenir, rentrer, remonter, redescendre, repartir. (to be born / die, to come / to come, to go up / to go down, to arrive / to go, to enter / to leave, to appear, to stay, to return, to fall and their composed forms, for example: to return, to return, to go up, to go down, to start again.)
- with pronominal verbs.
