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[old heron]

Please be patient

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[spark kiln]

desolee pour ecrire sans des accents, che pas comment les ecrire sur mon clavier

[lyric sage]

so, for accents, you should read this:

;kbd

[old heron]

Le moyen le plus facile de taper les accents est d'installer une disposition de clavier mieux adaptée à ça.

The easiest way to type accents is to install a keyboard layout designed for this.

Some good options // Quelques options conseillées :

• Canadian Multilingual Standard (CSA on macOS)
• QWERTY-FR
• US International

-# How to install and change keyboard layouts // Comment installer et changer de disposition :
-# Windows, macOS, Android (Gboard), iOS

[lyric sage]

for your question, however, the answer is very complex, probably one of the most complex rules in French grammar to the point that natives don't always get it right

You should check this out first: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/verb-agreement/

if you still have questions after reading that, feel free to ask them!

[spark kiln]

ok, so I think yes it agrees with Marie because she is female and also a direct object.. what is an indirect object? If we dont use que or les? :/

[lyric sage]

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/direct-objects/
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/indirect-objects/
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/direct-vs-indirect-objects/

[spark kiln]

thanks! its starting to make more sense now but i see why it is not any easy topic. the next page of my textbook talks about changing the auxiliary verb when there is a direct object e.g est monte en haut vs a monte la valise :/ gonna take some practice

[lethal mortar]

Ah, no

Marie is the subject in your sentence

« Tu es allée à l'école, Marie ? »
The comma before « Marie » is important there as it's used to mark that « Marie » is not a part of the sentence but rather like an off-shoot. It's to clarify the subject.