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This confused me9 Les petits enfants ________ fatigués par le voyage.The little children were tired by the journey.(HINT: Conjugate ''être'' in the compound past (Passé Composé)) ont ete was marked correct. (I cannot add grammar sybols on this page)^ont étése sontrrect answer

Maarten Kamp · Answer

Wanda,

I am not sure I understand the question. If I have missed the point of the question, please elucidate further.

‘ ont été ‘ is the passé composé form of être in the third person plural, exactly as needed to answer the question, and in keeping with the hint.

The verb ‘ être ‘, as for the overwhelming majority of verbs, conjugates with avoir as the auxiliary in all its compound tenses.

Perhaps you are confusing this with the quite different role of ‘ être ‘ as an auxiliary for a limited number of verbs ?

Avoir in the third person passé composé would be ‘ ont eu ‘. That is, ‘ avoir ‘ also conjugates with avoir in compound tenses.

The link you attached covers the question you asked.