Editing Participle (section)

====French====
There are two basic participles:
*'''Present active participle''': formed by dropping the ''-ons'' of the ''nous'' form of the present tense of a verb (except with ''être'') and then adding ''ant'': ''marchant'' "walking", ''étant'' "being"
*'''Past participle''': formation varies according to verb group: ''vendu'' "sold", ''mis'' "placed", ''marché'' "walked", ''été'' "been", and ''fait'' "done". The sense of the past participle is passive as an adjective and in most verbal constructions with "avoir", but active in verbal constructions with "être", in reflexive constructions, and with some intransitive verbs.<sup>[]</sup>

Compound participles are possible:
*'''Present perfect participle''': ''ayant appelé'' "having called", ''étant mort'' "being dead"
*'''Passive perfect participle''': ''étant vendu'' "being sold, having been sold"

Usage:
*'''Present participles''' are used as qualifiers as in "un insecte '''volant'''" (a flying insect) and in some other contexts. They are never used to form tenses. The present participle is used in subordinate clauses, usually with ''en'': "Je marche, en parlant".
*'''Past participles''' are used as qualifiers for nouns: "la table '''cassée'''" (the broken table); to form compound tenses such as the perfect "Vous avez '''dit'''" (you have said) and to form the passive voice: "il a été '''tué'''" (he/it has been killed).