Does Habiller Take Avoir or Etre?

The passé composé is a common way to express the past tense "dressed" in French. To construct it, conjugate the auxiliary verb avoir, then attach the past participle habillé.

How do you know when to use avoir or être?

In short, it's said that these verbs must use être when there is no direct object and avoir when there is a direct object. More on this in a moment. In addition to these verbs, reflexive verbs take être as their auxiliary (reflexive verbs have a se in their infinitive).

Does Payer take être or avoir?

Payer in the Compound Past Tense

Rather than use the subject pronoun alone, you'll form it with the auxiliary verb avoir and the past participle payé. When constructing this, you'll conjugate avoir into the present tense that matches the subject, then attach the past participle.