Transparaître

Michael R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I have noticed that transparaître and derivatives are seen with both être and avoir as auxiliaries. I assume it's because of transitive and intransitive verb usage. Is this the reason ? Can you please give me some examples.

Asked 4 years ago

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CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Hi Michael,

Transparaître ( to show through/to be reflected in ) et comparaître (to appear) are derivatives of paraître

Apparaître uses mainly 'être ', see my answer to Maarten -

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/questions/view/error-on-verb-conjugation-page

Transparaître uses mainly 'avoir' -

https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/conjuguer/A8T1060

Hope this helps!

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Michael R. asked:

transparaître

I have noticed that transparaître and derivatives are seen with both être and avoir as auxiliaries. I assume it's because of transitive and intransitive verb usage. Is this the reason ? Can you please give me some examples.

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