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Why does one say "j'ai arrêté de parler" and not "je me suis arrêté de parler"?
arrêter is a transitive verb and thus to my understanding takes an object but the verb parler can not be an object in the example above. So how do I know what one to use.
Two Kwiz questions linked to this lesson give the above construction for "go there" - can y aller be used instead? Is there a distinction?
She wants you to go there = Elle veut que tu ailles là-bas
Do you want me to go there? = Veux-tu que j’aille là-bas ?
In filling in the blank for Bob __ par la reveil tous les jours (Bob was awaken by the alarm every day), I typed "a été réveillé par" instead of "était réveillé". Could you help me understand why the imparfait was incorrect? Thanks!
Greg
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