je suis venue, I came (see note on 1. 1 above). Most

intransitive verbs denoting motion from one place to another, or transition from one statc to another, forni their compound tenses with être. Ex. : aller, entrer, naître, mourir ; this ruie lias its principle in the analogy with être expressing a state or a fonn of existence, as the use of the auxiliary verb avoir is based upon the analogy with an attribution or possession. Observe that the past participle of neuter verbs conjugated with être, like that of passive verbs, is virtually an adjective, and tlierefore agrées with the subject of the verb, whereas the past participle of neuter verbs conjugated with avoir, being purely verbal, is invariable.