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Having breakfast: perfect tense 'prendre' verbs, 'déjà' and 'ne…pas encore'

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I can use the verb 'prendre' in the perfect tense to say what I had for breakfast.

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The verb 'prendre' (to take, taking) has an irregular past participle: pris - j'ai pris une photo. Other verbs like 'prendre' (comprendre, apprendre) have the same past participle ending: il a compris la tâche. To talk about 'having' a meal, food or drink in French, use the verb 'prendre', not 'avoir': tu as pris un café hier. The adverb 'déjà' means 'already': j'ai déjà mangé. In a question, it can also mean 'yet': tu as déjà mangé ? Adverb 'encore' means 'again': j'ai encore joué. In a negative sentence, it means 'not yet': je n'ai pas encore joué.

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