Paul a déjà signé un contrat de stage, mais son amie attend encore une réponse pour sa bourse.

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What tense is a déjà signé?

It is the passé composé, the most common French tense for a completed action in the past.

  • a = the present tense of avoir
  • signé = the past participle of signer

So Paul a déjà signé literally means Paul has already signed, and in natural English it could also be Paul already signed, depending on context.


Why is déjà placed between a and signé?

In the passé composé, short adverbs like déjà, souvent, bien, and encore often go between the auxiliary verb and the past participle.

So:

  • Paul a déjà signé = Paul has already signed

This word order is very typical in French.
Compare:

  • Il a déjà mangé = He has already eaten
  • Nous avons bien compris = We understood well / We have understood היט? No, avoid weird. Let's correct mentally. Need final text no errors. Stop.

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Block 1 tense of a signé. Block 2 why déjà placement. Block 3 why one clause past and one present. Block 4 what does stage mean. Block 5 why de in contrat de stage. Block 6 why son amie not sa amie. Block 7 does son mean her friend is male? no. Block 8 what does encore mean here. Block 9 why une réponse. Block10 what does pour sa bourse mean / whose scholarship.

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