Why was 'nous sommes apparues' marked incorrect?

Jenny-Anne J.B2Kwiziq community member

Why was 'nous sommes apparues' marked incorrect?

The lesson says:

Conjugations of APPARAÎTRE (to appear) in Le Passé

Composé (Indicatif) in French

j'/je

 suis apparu(e)

tu

 es apparu(e)

il / elle / on

 est apparu(e)(s)

nous

 sommes apparu(e)s


Asked 7 months ago
CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Jenny-Anne,

If you mean the quiz question -

How would you say "Then we appeared on the screen

The correct answer was -

 Both sentences are correct 

as you can say

Puis, nous sommes apparus 

and 

Puis nous avons apparu

Hope this answers your query.

 

Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Bonjour Jenny-Anne,

I suspect that you have not included the auxiliary (avoir) version.

"French verb apparaître is very unusual in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), in that it can take either avoir or être as its auxiliary."

Otherwise, I cannot fault what you have written for nous sommes apparu(e)s

Bonne journée

Jim

Why was 'nous sommes apparues' marked incorrect?

The lesson says:

Conjugations of APPARAÎTRE (to appear) in Le Passé

Composé (Indicatif) in French

j'/je

 suis apparu(e)

tu

 es apparu(e)

il / elle / on

 est apparu(e)(s)

nous

 sommes apparu(e)s


Sign in to submit your answer

Don't have an account yet? Join today

Ask a question

Find your French level for FREE

Test your French to the CEFR standard

Find your French level
Thinking...