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I am totallyconfused by some of your English translations for the Passive

eg

How are you differentiating in English between Passé Composé and the Imparfait?  Eg "Ils ont été accuellis par le xxx and "ils etaient accueillis par le xxx". You translate the second sentence in the tests as "They were welcomed by " but then how would you translate the first sentence??  When you ask fir a translation of "The boy was welcomed by" you can't mark it wrong if one gives answer in passé composé as opposed to "imparfait"?

Bonjour les gars et experts 

Dans la frase suivant?  'ils se sont dit que',  pourquoi il n y a pas d'agreement entre  'être' et 'dire'?

Je pense que 'ils  se sont' est plural, donc 'dit' devrait s'écrire 'dits' avec un s, n'est pas?

Okay, don't laugh, but why would chercher take a direct object pronoun? For example, why is it "il les cherche" and not "il leur cherche".

Merci !

Is this using the passive voice or is 'assis' an adjective?

Is “courir dans les escaliers “ the expression for to run up the stairs?  If so, how do you say to run down the stairs.

Can other B1 or B2 level students follow it without reading the transcript?

Bonjour

In the fill in the blanks exercise working futur proche 

1. je vais retrouver Julien et Sophie dans le centre-ville. 

Why is: je vais rencontrer incorrect?

2. When I read in English will be I wrote sera. I should have known better because what is being tested is futur proche and va etre should have been my response; but I would like to know if it could be considered correct, understandable, from a native speakers standpoint.

Merci

In the sentence "Nous allons aux centre-ville, why is it aux instead of au?"