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[steady merlin]

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[tardy owl]

here it's not passé composé, it's just an adjective, meaning "old-fashioned"

[dim owl]

why you are using the past participle though? im kinda confused sorry

[tardy owl]

what are you confused by exactly?
"enfantement c'est vieilli" means "enfantement is old-fashioned", there's no past participle in this sentence

[dim owl]

i heard vieilli is the past participle for vieulle?

*vieux

OH wait so to turn somwthinf to adjective u guys turn it into past participle

[tardy owl]

a lot of past participles are actually the same as adjectives
"vieilli" is indeed the past participle of "vieillir" (to get old)

j'ai vieilli => I got old

[dim owl]

ahh that makes much more sense thank you dor taking the time to explain merci beiucoup!!

[tardy owl]

one way you could notice the difference is because of the verb used
ce mot est vieilli => that word is old-fashioned (uses "être" to indicate a state)
cet homme a vieilli => that man got old (uses "avoir" as auxiliary)
-# careful, a handful of verbs use être as auxiliary