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Past simple - Passé simple (nowadays, almost nobody uses it)
Être
Je fus
Tu fus
Il fut
Nous fûmes
Vous fûtes
Ils furent
Avoir
J'eus
Tu eus
Il eut
Nous eûmes
Vous eûtes
Ils eurent
Most common past time used, looks like English Past Perfect but it is used in France for sentences that are equivalent to both Simple Past and Past Perfect ...
Actually, we principally use in France present, past perfect, "imparfait" and future.
"Past Perfect" - Passé composé
Avoir
J'ai eu
Tu as eu
Il a eu
Nous avons eu
Vous avez eu
Ils ont eu
Être
J'ai été
Tu as été
Il a été
Nous avons été
Vous avez été
Ils ont été
Le passé composé is actually [auxiliary "avoir" or "être"] + [participe passé]
Le participe passé is the french "Verb+ed" used for the Past Perfect.
For the auxiliary, it's my own language, so i know when to use "avoir" or "être", i don't know if there is general rule to give for that.
I stop there before writing something too confused lol and i go sleeping !! So see you next days for more explanations !!
PS: Maybe I should have started by present ? lol because there is actually 3 kinds of verbs with 3 different ways to use them
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