Can you explain grammatically the construction if this phrase? I get that it means "we got home from school", but it seems unnecessarily complicated. Could you not say "nous étions retourné de l'école"?
"nous étions de retour de l'école"
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Hi Gary,
The two expressions we accept for 'to be home / back from school' are
être de retour de l'école
être rentré de l'école
'retourné is wrong here.
Bonne continuation !
GaryKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Thank you Cécile ! I was confused by the "de"s in the phrase, but I see they are just a part of the phrase.
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"nous étions de retour de l'école"
Can you explain grammatically the construction if this phrase? I get that it means "we got home from school", but it seems unnecessarily complicated. Could you not say "nous étions retourné de l'école"?
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