I wrote ´nous nous sommes brossés les cheveux’, which was marked as only partially correct. It should have been ´brossé’. I don’t understand why the ´s’ shouldn’t be there. Agreement with ‘nous’.
Can anyone help, please?
Agreement with reflexive verbs in perfect tense
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Richard S.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Agreement with reflexive verbs in perfect tense
This question relates to:French lesson "Agreeing past participle with subject's gender and number with (+ être) verbs in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)"
Asked 3 years ago
Hi Richard,
Please take a look at my answer to the same question -
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/questions/view/wrong-answer-nous-sommes-brosse
Bonne Continuation!
Chris W. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
The direct object of this sentence is les cheveux. Nous is only the indirect object.
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Agreement with reflexive verbs in perfect tense
I wrote ´nous nous sommes brossés les cheveux’, which was marked as only partially correct. It should have been ´brossé’. I don’t understand why the ´s’ shouldn’t be there. Agreement with ‘nous’.
Can anyone help, please?
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