French language Q&A Forum

Hello,

I'm hoping you can clarifying something.

I had to translate the following sentence to French:

This year I remembered her birthday for the first time

I used:

Je me souvenais s'anniversaire pour la première fois.

I was told this conjugation was incorrect and I had to use "je me suis souvenue".

I don't understand why?

Thanks in advance.

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