How to Say ‘You fell’ in French
Tu es tombée
too eh tohm-BAY
[too eh tohm-BAY]
💬 Usage Tip: Tomber uses être, not avoir, for the past. The ending gets an extra e for a woman: tombée. For a man it's tombé.
Phrase Breakdown
Tu
[too]
you (informal singular)
Informal subject pronoun “you”. Used with friends; common when discussing tastes in anime.
Tu aimes les shōnen ?
Do you like shōnen?
es
[eh]
did (auxiliary)
Form of 'être' used as a helper verb to form the past tense.
Tu es arrivée hier.
You arrived yesterday.
tombée
[tohm-BAY]
fallen
Feminine past participle of 'tomber' (to fall).
Elle est tombée dans la rue.
She fell in the street.
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