Use of duquel

JohnC1Kwiziq community member

Use of duquel

Le garçon à côté de qui tu es assise a de beaux yeux.The boy (whom) you're sitting next to has beautiful eyes.Why in the above sentene is tu es assise used and not tu assieds?

This question relates to:French lesson "Duquel/de laquelle/desquels/desquelles with prepositional phrases with "de" (French Relative Pronouns)"

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CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi John,

Here is my answer to a similar question -

https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/questions/view/what-about-je-suis-assis

Please also note that it would be -

tu t'assieds

as s'asseoir is reflexive.

Let me know if it helps!

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ChrisC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

être assis -- to be seated, to sit

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JimC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Further to Chris's post.

tu t'es assise suggests that the person doing the sitting down is a female, otherwise the conjugation would be tu t'es assis.

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Use of duquel

Le garçon à côté de qui tu es assise a de beaux yeux.The boy (whom) you're sitting next to has beautiful eyes.Why in the above sentene is tu es assise used and not tu assieds?

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