You hid in the cupboard

Matthew N.A2Kwiziq community member

You hid in the cupboard

My quiz has the answer for this as "Vous vous êtes caché dans le placard"  I don't understand why it is cassé and not cassés .  I know agreement for reflexives can be complicated but this doesn't seem to be one of those cases. 

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CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Bonjour Matthew,

We accept all the following possibilities depending on who the question is addressed to:

 

Vous vous êtes caché = talking to one male person you would say 'vous' to.

Vous vous êtes cachée = talking to one female person you would say 'vous' to

Vous vous êtes cachés = talking to a mixture of people male or female 

Vous vous êtes cachées = talking to several female people 

If you were talking to one person who said 'tu' to it would be either -

Tu t'es caché

or 

Tu t'es cachée 

depending on their gender.

Hope this helps!

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

It seems to me, too, that Vous vous êtes cachés... is correct.

Matthew N. asked:

You hid in the cupboard

My quiz has the answer for this as "Vous vous êtes caché dans le placard"  I don't understand why it is cassé and not cassés .  I know agreement for reflexives can be complicated but this doesn't seem to be one of those cases. 

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