cantfixmeboy

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[uncut rampart]

It’s the past participle and this is passive voice

Grandma is seated

[fallow cypress]

oh so it means shes already sitting on the bench

while assied would mean that shes going to sit on the bench

[languid pier]

You can't have two conjugated verbs following each other, "est" is already conjugated

[nocturne nacelle]

Mamie est assise. → Grandma is seated.
Mamie s'assied. → Grandma sits/is sitting.
Mamie assied le bébé. → Grandma sits down the baby.

[uncut rampart]

Hmmmm no

“Mamie assied” needs an object

Does she sit the dog down? The baby?

The verb asseoir for “to sit down” is always pronominal

“Mamie s’assied”

[nocturne nacelle]

wait yeah

you're right

i forgot the reflexive pronoun lol

there, all better now

[fallow cypress]

why here its "assis" and not "assise"

is it because fauteuil is masculine?

[uncut rampart]

no, it's because the past participle is essentially an adjective here
and adjectives agree with the noun they modify

il est assis
elle est assise
nous sommes assis (could be assises for a group of women)
elles sont assises

[fallow cypress]

ohhh omg im so stupid