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[winter adder]

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[hoary coyote]

*nous allons manger
*j'ai besoin de
*mon ami/e
*apres avoir jouE, nous sommes sortis.

i'm no pro, just a beginner, hopefully pros will give their feedback 🙂

[violet wyvern]

for mon ami/e, is it always mon but the e is added if its a girl??

[hoary coyote]

yes, that's my understanding if a noun starts w/ a vowel it's mon/ton/son regardless of the gender.

[violet wyvern]

rly???? i never knew that 😭

[hoary coyote]

yup, if the noun follows immediately mon/ton/son it's always like that, but u may have an adjective inbetween in that case u need to pay attention if the adjective starts w/ a vowel. Ex., mon amie, ma meilleure amie.

[violet wyvern]

isnt it joué cus of past?

[violet wyvern]

ahhh yes

[hoary coyote]

yes, i don't have les "accents" on my kbd, that's why i capitalised it.

[violet wyvern]

Ohhh

oh so the change was the avoir

why isnt it avons?

[hoary coyote]

b/c "apres"

you can change the structure of the sentence to : nous avons jouE et ensuite nous sommes sortis.

[violet wyvern]

oh would that be better?

[hoary coyote]

normally if u make mistakes w/ passE composE u r not supposed to know the apres avoir fait qqch structure, so yes, it's more natural for a certain lvl

[violet wyvern]

ohh ok

where do u learn ur french its rly good

[hoary coyote]

youtube 🙂

[violet wyvern]

no way ive been doing it for 3 yrs in schl 💀💀💀💀

im trying to improve 😭

[hoary coyote]

yes, me too, many things to learn and even more to automate.

[violet wyvern]

mmmhm

thnkyou so much for ur help!!

☺️☺️☺️

[hoary coyote]

no worries, and good luck!

[candid crow]

« avons » only applies if you have the subject « nous » in the clause. In the clause « après avoir fait », you don't have a subject so the auxiliary remains unconjugated. This is called the past infinitive/infinitif passé.
This can also happen in English – if your native language is English – but we tend to use the gerund for this.
« Après avoir pris mes clés, je suis sorti de chez moi. »
'After having taken my keys, I got out of my house.'