Agreement with reflexive verbs in perfect tense

Richard S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

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?

Asked 3 years ago
CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

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.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

The direct object of this sentence is les cheveux. Nous is only the indirect object.

Richard S. asked:

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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