Hello, for this question:
Marie nous rejoindra ________ le restaurant. Marie will meet up with us when we've left the restaurant.
The correct answer is: quand nous aurons quitté
I answered: quand nous serons quitté, as I would say nous sommes quitté le restaurant.
So why is this aurons and not serons?Many thanks!
Esther,
both ‘ quitter ‘ and ‘ laisser ‘ conjugate with avoir in compound tenses.
Neither ‘ nous serons quitté ‘ nor ‘ nous sommes quitté ‘ are correct conjugations. Always ‘ nous aurons quitté … ‘ or ‘ nous avons quitté … ‘.
You might be thinking of conjugations with ‘ sortir ‘ or ‘ partir ‘ ?
https://www.wordreference.com/conj/frverbs.aspx?v=quitter
Expressing "to leave" with partir/laisser/quitter/sortir in French
To complement Maarten's answer:
The verb quitter is transitive, i.e., it has a direct object (le restaurant). Transitive verbs always use avoir as the auxiliary verb.
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