No agreement with être?

Meghna J.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In one of the quiz questions I see ´Vous êtes entré' . Why does the participle passe not agree with the plural pronouns ´Vous'?

Asked 7 years ago

AurélieKwiziq team member

Bonjour Meghna ! Here we use the "politeness" *vous*, which refers to one person, hence the agreement in the singular masculine form. Have a look at our related lesson on agreement with "être", which explains the case of "vous" in detail: Agreeing past participle with subject's gender and number with (+ être) verbs in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé) Bonne journée !

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In one of the quiz questions I see ´Vous êtes entré' . Why does the participle passe not agree with the plural pronouns ´Vous'?

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