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Sagar J.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is this reflexive verb conjugated in passé composé ?The quiz question about translating "When I was young, people dressed differently" is answered as: "Quand j'étais jeune, les gens s'habillaient différemment."

But I thought the reflexive participle only changes to reflect quantity and gender as in these examples:

Il s'est levé.
Je me suis amusée. (When the speaker is female)
Elle s'est lavée.

Why is "se habille" conjugated into "s'habillaient" in the quiz question above? Shouldn't it be:

"Quand j'étais jeune, les gens se sont habillés différemment"?

Asked 7 years ago

A. C.C1Kwiziq community member

Hello,

Why does it say "J'ai hâte de voir sa tête" rather than visage for "I can't wait to see his face..?"

Thanks.

Asked 6 years ago

CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Asked 7 years ago

Lina S.C1Kwiziq community member

How to say in French ' They are coming to see me and you'?

HI!

How to say in French ' They are coming to see me and you'?

Thank you

Asked 6 years ago

AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French Teacher

D. asked: "In what context "His parents kissed themselves?" would be correct?"

Asked 9 years ago

Manal K.A0Kwiziq community member

How do i reconstruct the question "où a-t-elle appris le francais" to include est-ce que?If i follow the rule, then it should be "où est-ce que a-t-elle appris le francais" but is that correct?

Asked 8 years ago

Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Examples showing agreement without an object pronoun.

In the Weekend Challenge: 'My plan for the day of the exam' one of the translations required is 'that I'll have chosen the day before'.

The answes given are:

'que j'aurai choisiS la veille' OR 'que j'aurai sélectionnéS la veille'

There is no object pronoun in either of these answers, so why are the past participles 'choisi' and 'sélectionné' writen with an S added for agreement?

Thank you

Asked 7 years ago

Will s.A2Kwiziq community member

Why would I use a stress pronoun?I can see on the lesson about plural stress pronouns that this would be for simple sentences or one word responses. But are there other situations?

Asked 8 years ago

Linda w.A1Kwiziq community member

je deteste vs. je hais

when would you use je deteste over je hais

Asked 5 years ago

Géraldine M.B2Kwiziq community member

Je voudrais poser un question au sujet de " depuis que". Peut-on dire.. Je mange beaucoup de poisson depuis que j'était jeune. C'est possible d'utiliser l'imparfait ou on doit utiliser le passé composé? Merci, Géraldine

Asked 8 years ago

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