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wide turtle
edgy sluice
What you’ve done there is conjugate it twice. « sortiez » is the imperfect.
The passé composé is avoir/être conjugated in the present plus the past participle, so what you need is the past participle of « sortir »
edgy sluice
hello how do i know what pronoun to use?
Look at the objects
Do you know what these pronouns mean?
gray ivy
i kinda understand the pronouns but what do i match it up with?
edgy sluice
i kinda understand the pronouns but what do i match it up with?
« L'avocat reçoit-il son client dans la salle de réunion ? »
We see here two objects: « son client, dans la salle de réunion ». « y », the one already filled in, replaces complements of place. For example, if we have the sentence, « je vais entrer dans la cuisine pour cuisiner des repas », the underlined part is a place that we can replace with « y » to make « je vais y entrer pour cuisiner des repas ».
So now the question is: what is « son client » ? Is it a direct object or an indirect object? If it's direct, what gender does it have? How much is it?
Don't forget also that « y » is also a vowel so remember the rules about contractions
edgy sluice
How is your a vowel isn’t it a e I o u?
there are more vowels than that
edgy sluice
Is it indirect?
Do you know the difference between direct and indirect objects?
gray ivy
Ohh
I did not know that
Um I’m not really sure but you have to read the sentence to figure it out right
edgy sluice
Right
basically, the difference between a direct and indirect object is if there's a preposition before the noun
that's it
edgy sluice
Take these two sentences:
« J'aime les fruits »
« Je pense à mon père »
The first sentence is direct because there's nothing before the noun, articles notwithstanding
gray ivy
Les?
edgy sluice
The second is indirect because there is a preposition before, « à »
edgy sluice
since nouns generally require articles before them, you can think of them as a single unit
it's a good way to avoid English's habit of dropping articles
like don't just think, 'I want tea'
think, 'I want some tea'
because French does « je veux du thé » and not just « *je veux thé »
« du » here being the partitive article
edgy sluice
yup because « thé » is a masculine noun
but anyway
The point is that there's a preposition in the second and none in the first, which what differentiates them
another example
gray ivy
so je veux thé is indirect?
edgy sluice
so je veux thé is indirect?
je veux du thé
du is an article
NOT a preposition
so it's direct
« Anne veut parler de Jean. Elle pense qu'il a pris son stylo. »
What are the indirect and direct objects?
gray ivy
direct= the first sentence?
gray ivy
since de is a prepostion and its before a noun, "Jean," its a indirect sentence
edgy sluice
You got it!
gray ivy
ayyy
edgy sluice
Another example:
« Tu te bats pour ta république ? Moi, je fais la même chose. »
What are the objects?
gray ivy
republique
gray ivy
huh
edgy sluice
right so you have « ta république (your republic) » good
is there a preposition behind it?
gray ivy
in the next sentence?
edgy sluice
In general, the structure of nouns is like
article/posssessive + (adjective) + noun + (adjective)
so if you see anything preceding the article/possessive that isn't a verb, chances are it's a preposition
gray ivy
👍🏻 thanks
edgy sluice
Of course, adverbs can complicate things as they're placed after verbs
but you can generally spot them
for example, if they end in -ment, chances are it's an adverb like
« Je vois vraiment Anna » or something
In any case, let's go back to your original sentence:
« L'avocat reçoit-il son client dans la salle de réunion ? »
« y » is a type of indirect object pronoun which fits because « dans la salle de réunion » is an indirect object; it's a noun (la salle de réunion) preceded by a preposition (dans). Now, what might « son client » be ?
gray ivy
posessive?
edgy sluice
« son » is a possessive yes
son client = his/her client (in this case it's 'his' because « avocat » is masculine)
Is there a preposition behind it?
gray ivy
in
edgy sluice
Right so is it direct or indirect?
gray ivy
its direct
edgy sluice
its direct
good work
What is its gender and number?
Masculine, feminine? Singular, plural?
You have three choices for direct objects:
(1) le = masculine singular/one object
(2) la = feminine singular/one object
(3) les = masculine AND feminine plural/many object
Which one fits « son client »
edgy sluice
Okay, now « y » is a vowel
gray ivy
ya
edgy sluice
which means le and y are going to contract
gray ivy
for locations
edgy sluice
which makes?
edgy sluice
Okay, now « y » is a vowel
I said it here
edgy sluice
Don't forget also that « y » is also a vowel so remember the rules about contrac...
and here
gray ivy
im just a little slow..
edgy sluice
I think you've got your answer then
edgy sluice
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/adverbial-pronouns/
That's the adverbials here, specifically « en »
« en » replace inanimate (not living) indirect objects starting with the preposition « de »
The structure of this verb is « s'occuper de quelque chose » so we have a « de + les tâches »
This is also why knowing your verbal structures are very important because « du/de la/de l'/des » can either be the partitives « du lait, de la nourriture, de l'eau, des chaises » or the preposition « de » plus the definite articles « le, la, les »
« Je veux des livres. »
« J'ai envie des livres. »
The first sentence is a partitive because the structure of « vouloir [quelque chose] » is direct; it is not followed by a preposition which you can tell because after vouloir is « quelque chose (something) ». The second sentence isn't a partitive because the verbal structure here is « avoir envie de [quelque chose] »; it is followed by a preposition because before the object is the preposition « de »
Therefore, their translations are also different:
« Je veux des livres. » => I want some books
« J'ai envie des livres. » => I want the books [literal translation: I have want of the books]
gray ivy
ya I get that part
edgy sluice
Right so in essence:
« Je me suis occupé des tâches => Je m'en suis occupé »