Irregular Past Participles

Level 3

Fach, dich, vist, pres, mes, obèrt, escrich: learn these participles by heart.

How It Works

InfinitiveParticipleFeminine
farfachfacha
diredichdicha
veirevistvista
preneprespresa
metremesmesa
obrirobèrtobèrta
escriureescrichescricha
beurebegutbeguda
venirvengutvenguda
averagutaguda
èsserestatestada

Many of them still end in -ut, but the stem is different: begut, vengut, agut. Others end in -ch, -st, -rt or -s.

Verbs built on another verb follow it: comprene gives comprés and aprene gives aprés, like prene. Cobrir gives cobèrt, like obrir, and morir gives mòrt.

Examples (5)

  1. Ai fach lo repais.

    I made the meal.

    Fach is the participle of far.

  2. Maria a dich la vertat.

    Maria told the truth.

    Dich is the participle of dire.

  3. Avèm vist Joan a Albi.

    We saw Joan in Albi.

    Vist is the participle of veire.

  4. Marta a pres lo tren.

    Marta took the train.

    Pres is the participle of prene.

  5. Ai escrich una letra a ma maire.

    I wrote a letter to my mother.

    Escrich is the participle of escriure.

Common Mistakes

  • Making a regular participle for dire.

    Ai disit la vertat.
    Ai dich la vertat.

    Dire has its own participle, dich.

  • Making a regular participle for prene.

    Ai prenut lo tren.
    Ai pres lo tren.

    Prene has its own participle, pres.

How It Connects

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Irregular Past ParticiplesLevel 3

Learn This First

Irregular participles are the exceptions to the regular ones, so the regular participles come first.

Words in This Pattern

farfairedireveireprenemetreobrirdobrirescriurebeureveniraverèsser