Question: Doing some review before taking an immersion class. To the question: Please translate s'brosser in passe compose "We brushed our hair", I wrote: "Nous nous sommes brosses..." (with the correct accent). Response was that it was nearly correct and should have been "Nous nous sommes brosse". I don't get it. Why would it be singular? Thanks in advance.
Se brosser
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Valerie O.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Se brosser
This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate reflexive verbs (+être) in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)"
Asked 2 years ago
HI Valerie,
Just to add to what has already been said, you might find my answer to Leah pertinent.
https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/questions/view/agreement-of-reflexive-verbs
Bonne Continuation !
Jim J. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Hi Valerie,
Nous nous sommes brossés .... should be the correct conjugation for passé composé first person plural.
Bonne journée
Jim
Maarten K. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
There is no ‘number’ agreement here as the direct object is ‘les cheveux’, follows the conjugated verb and the first ‘nous’ is the subject pronoun and the second ‘nous’, the indirect object pronoun.
I am sure Céline or Cécile will be able to add some links to previous discussion, which I can’t locate presently.
Link below from Laura Lawless also explains.
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/agreement-with-pronominal-verbs/
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