Participe passé - with 'vouloir'

16F

Participe passé – with vouloir


"vouloir"(p.p.)  +  verbe principal (Infinitif)

. . . voulu  +  verbe principal (Infinitif) – Must be preceded by the auxiliary verb "avoir" (Infinitif, or conjugated) to create a Compound tense.


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16F

Examples:

 

Example 1 (unaffected by gender or number)

 

voulu acheter le livre – Can only be used if preceded by "avoir" (Infinitif, or conjugated)

wanted to buy the book


Note: the p.p. of vouloir (voulu(e)(s)) can also be used as an adjective meaning desired, or wanted.

In such cases, it does not need to be preceded by the auxiliary verb "avoir"


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