aluminum0719

[novel pawn]

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[acoustic canyon]

There are a handful of verbs that use être instead of avoir for passé compossé. I learned it through the acronym DR. MRS. P. VANDERTRAMP. Here is an image of the full list of Vandertramp (for short) verbs in the infinitif and passé compossé forms. Do keep in mind that these verbs add that extra e with a feminine subject and add that s when it's plural.

I'm honestly not sure why these verbs use être instead of avoir but here are the ones that have that rule.

[sleek cliff]

and those are the only ones that use être?

[acoustic canyon]

At least to my knowledge, yes.

[sleek cliff]

like is there only those fifteen or wtv

alr bro thanks

[acoustic canyon]

No problem.

[plain eagle]

In addition to this, you also need to use "être" with pronominal verbs.

And I find this image to be helpful for remembering verbs that require "être".

[acoustic canyon]

Yeah the Vandertramp verbs are all based around some sort of movement which is something to keep in mind.

[thick coyote]

no but it covers the most common ones

Just off the top of my head, there's like « parvenir, provenir, survenir »