Verbs ending in -oir with past participles ending in -u in French

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Verbs ending in -oir with past participles ending in -u

The verbs vouloir (to want) falloir (to need to), valoir (to be worth/cost), voir (to see) have past participles that end in -u. To create them, remove the -oir and add -u (vouloir → voulu, falloir → fallu, etc.).

Note: we form the passé composé with the present tense form of the auxiliary verbs être and avoir + past participle of the main verb.
vouloir en
J’ai voulu
Tu as voulu
Il a voulu/elle a voulu
Nous avons voulu
Vous avez voulu
Ils ont voulu/elles ont voulu
recevoir en
J’ai reçu
Tu as reçu
Il a reçu/elle a reçu
Nous avons reçu
Vous avez reçu
Ils ont reçu/elles ont reçu
voir en
J’ai vu
Tu as vu
Il a vu/elle a vu
Nous avons vu
Vous avez vu
Ils ont vu/elles ont vu

Hier soir, nous avons vu un reportage très intéressant.
Last night, we saw a very interesting report.

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