J’ai parlé.
I spoke.
Tense guide
Past participle
A form used with avoir or être to build compound past tenses, and sometimes as an adjective.
When to use it
Use it after a helper verb in passé composé and related tenses: j’ai fini, elle est partie, nous avions vu.
How to recognise it
Common endings are -é, -i, and -u, but many frequent verbs are irregular: fait, pris, dit, été.
How to form it
For regular verbs, -er often becomes -é, -ir often becomes -i, and -re often becomes -u. Irregular verbs must be learned individually.
A simple rule
When it works like an adjective, it agrees like an adjective: une porte fermée, des lettres écrites.
Examples
Elle est partie.
She left.