Among -DRE verbs, verbs in -AINDRE, -EINDRE and -OINDRE follow a different pattern in Le Passé Composé.
Look at these three examples:
| CRAINDRE (to fear) | PEINDRE (to paint) | JOINDRE (to join) |
| j'ai craint | j'ai peint | j'ai joint |
| tu as craint | tu as peint | tu as joint |
| il/elle/on a craint | il/elle/on a peint | il/elle/on a joint |
| nous avons craint | nous avons peint | nous avons joint |
| vous avez craint | vous avez peint | vous avez joint |
| ils/elles ont craint | ils/elles ont peint | ils/elles ont joint |
Note that these verbs all take avoir as an auxiliary.
To form their past participles, remove -DRE and add -t.
Other verbs that follow this pattern:
rejoindre (to meet up / to join) - rejoint
contraindre (to force) - contraint
se plaindre (to complain) - plaint
-> Note that here it's a reflexive verb and therefore needs être as the auxiliary - See Conjugate reflexive verbs (+être) in Le Passé Composé (conversational past) ]
éteindre (to turn off / to switch off) - éteint
dépeindre (to depict) - dépeint
atteindre (to reach) - atteint
feindre (to feign / to pretend) - feint
geindre (to whimper / to whinge) - geint
Listen to these examples:
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