Enter - L’Imparfait Etre Conjugaison Question

Carla R.A2Kwiziq community member

Enter - L’Imparfait Etre Conjugaison Question

Hello, please can you explain why the computer gave the correct answer as étiez for the sentence:

Emile et toi étiez toujours poli.? I am confused as I thought the iez ending was only used with vous.

This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate être in the imperfect tense in French (L'Imparfait)"

Asked 1 year ago

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Carla, ‘étiez’ is the correct conjugation for 2nd person plural - the sentence subject is ‘Emile et toi’ meaning the speaker is talking directly to at least one of the 2 people mentioned. The subject could be replaced by ‘vous’, the subject pronoun for 2nd person plural, and the verb conjugation accords with this.

For emphasis, it could also have been written, ‘Emile et toi, vous étiez toujours poli’.

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