Bonjour!

1. Can you tell me if I wrote this in passé compose correctly? I'd also appreciate an explain as to when you should use avoir / étre!

a) Je suis bois de l'eau
b) It est mange un pizza.
c) J'ai visité ma mere.

2. Have I written this in futur proche correctly?

a) Tu vas parler tes professeurs.

b) Elles vont prendre les devoirs.

3. I don't understand passé recent. How do I conjugate the "venir de?"

Merci en avance!

I'll send this to our French expert, SraJMcGin.

Let's begin with the 3 you did. Many past participles require accent marks, which must be there and others are irregular.

a) j 'ai bu de l'eau. (uses avoir & is irregular past participle.)
Irregular past participles: (you just have to memorize them!)
asseoir (assis) / avoir (eu)/ boire (bu)/ conduire (conduit)/ connaître (connu)/ courir (couru)/ craindre (craint)/ croire (cru)/ devoir (dû, due, dus, dues (when used as adjective)/ dire (dit)/ écrire (écrit)/ être (été)/ faire (fait)/ falloir (fallu)/ lire (lu)/ mettre (mis)/ ouvrir (ouvert)/ plaire (plu)/ pleuvoir (plu)/ pouvoir (pu)/ prendre )pris)/ recevoir (reçu)/ rire (ri)/ savoir (su)/ suivre (suivi)/ taire (tu)/ tenir (tenu)/ valoir (valu)/ vivre (vécu)/ voir (vu)/ vouloir (voulu)

b) Il a mangé un pizza. (uses avoir & regular -er past participle with accent mark)
c) J'ai visité ma mère. (the verb is correct, but mère requires accent grave.

2. a) One speaks TO or WITH: Tu vas parler à (or avec) tes professeurs.
2. b) good!

3. passé recent means "it JUST happened" = Je viens d'expliquer... I have just explained.... Ils viennent d'arriver = they just arrived... (It is the regular conjugation of venir in the Present Indicative Tense (from French I) plus de or d' plus infinitive.

As for the passé composé: MORE verbs use avoir (if you have to guess) and there are at least 3 ways to learn the verbs that require être.
1. "the house of être" = you might find it online (I'll look later) or you can draw a house going UP, staying there, going DOWN. They are verbs of motion: going up, going down, going in, going out, etc.

2. The mneumonic to help remember them = Dr&Mrs Vandertramp (16) The first letter is the "cue" = descendre / revenir / mourir / retourner / sortir / venir / aller / naître / devenir / entrer / rentrer / tomber / rester / arriver / monter / partir

3. OR combine them with "opposites" when you can:
aller & venir / arriver & partir / entrer ( sortir / monter & descendre / revenir retourner, rentrer / tomber, rester, devenir / naître & mourir

****The only other verb is "passer" when it means "to go by for someone = to pick them up)

Like adjectives, past participles conjugated with être agree in gender (masc., fem) and number (sing/pl) with the subject.

I'll flag this and come back later because there is a LOT to "digest" here!
Sra (aka Mme)

I hope this will copy here:

LA MAISON D'être

It will not copy here. Look for it online where there are many images. I have my favorite one that looks like a house!

Sra (aka Mme)

:O Thanks Sra! You explain French much better than my teacher! The House of être was so useful! :D

Bonjour!

1. Regarding passé composé, let's review the correct usage of the auxiliary verbs "avoir" and "être." In general, "avoir" is used as the helping verb with most verbs, while "être" is used with a specific set of verbs related to movement, change of state, or reflexive verbs.

a) Je suis bois de l'eau (Incorrect) In this sentence, you should use "j'ai" instead of "je suis." "Bois" should be conjugated as "bu" because it is the past participle of "boire." So, the correct sentence should be "J'ai bu de l'eau" (I drank some water).

b) It est mange un pizza. (Incorrect) "It" should be replaced with "Il" or "Elle" depending on the subject. Furthermore, the verb "est" should be replaced with "a" as the form of "avoir" that corresponds to the subject "Il/Elle." Additionally, "mange" should be conjugated as "mangé" since it is the past participle of "manger." Hence, the correct sentence should be "Il/Elle a mangé une pizza" (He/She ate a pizza).

c) J'ai visité ma mère. (Correct) Good job! This sentence is correctly written in passé composé. "J'ai" is the conjugation of "avoir" that corresponds to the subject "Je," and "visité" is the past participle of "visiter." Hence, the sentence means "I visited my mother."

2. Now let's look at futur proche (near future) tense:

a) Tu vas parler tes professeurs. (Incorrect) The correct preposition to use after "parler" is "à" to indicate to whom you are speaking. Therefore, it should be "Tu vas parler à tes professeurs" (You are going to speak to your professors).

b) Elles vont prendre les devoirs. (Correct) Great job! This sentence is correctly written in futur proche. "Vont" is the conjugation of "aller" that corresponds to the subject "Elles," and "prendre" is the infinitive form of the verb "to take." Hence, the sentence means "They are going to take the homework."

3. Regarding passé récent (recent past), you conjugate the verb "venir" in the present tense and then use the preposition "de" followed by the infinitive of the verb you want to indicate as recently completed.

For example:
- Je viens de manger (I have just eaten).
- Tu viens de sortir (You have just gone out).
- Il/Elle vient de parler (He/She has just spoken).

Remember that the conjugation of "venir" should match the subject of the sentence.

J'espère que cela vous aide! (I hope this helps!)