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Phil S.A2Kwiziq community member

When does the past participle change spelling?

Why has 'Mort' as the past participle of Mourir changed spelling to 'mour' ? I understand adding the 's' to make it match.

Even in the 'learn & discuss; section, it show the past participle as 'mort'. is this an error ?

Asked 3 years ago

Krissa O.C1Kwiziq community member

In the quiz Je suis devenu une pianiste why isn’t an “e” added to devenu because the person is feminine?

Asked 5 years ago

Melody S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Participle form for "vous", and for "elles"Vous can mean one person (polite ? ) form, or more than one person. So "vous (Gareth) êtes resté à la maison"; vous (Laura) êtes restée à la maison" and "vous (Laura and Aurélie) êtes restées à la maison" ? I'm making my best guesses here. Vous is not included in the lesson. And elles is not included in the lesson either. "Elles êtes restées à la maison"? Whether my versions are correct or not, lesson might be improved by adding examples with vous and elles. Thanks as ever.

Asked 8 years ago

Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

what about using mort or né as an adjective?If you are saying the king is dead or the baby is born, can you use mort or né as an adjective, viz le roi est mort, Le bébé est né?

Asked 8 years ago

Chris W.B2Kwiziq community member

Décéder & Devenir I was caught out as I hadn't learnt that Décéder & Devenir are etre verbs in passe compose: they are not in the "traditional" group (and not in the house photo on Wikipedia). Are there any other rogue verbs that use etre?

Asked 8 years ago

John C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Naître in the present and past tensesOne of the test questions for this lesson is: Zoë est née avant Lèo. Zoë is born before Léo. Is this past tense translation correct because the speaker is necessarily speaking about a past event? Could we use the present tense here?

Asked 9 years ago

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