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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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!
Michael R. asked:
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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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