oliviajane

[tribal fossil]

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[wheat hawk]

avoir

those are the verbs using être, the other ones use avoir (except for pronominal verbs, they all use être)

[unkempt ferry]

But isn’t marcher a verb indicating movement, so it would use être, wouldn’t it?

[wheat hawk]

verbs using être as auxiliary are more like affecting your being as a whole, while "marcher" is just an action you're doing with your feet

in any case, while there's a pattern, the actual rule is on a case by case basis.

[unkempt ferry]

Ah ok. So verbs in Dr & Mrs VanDerTramp are ones where the entire body is used.

[wheat hawk]

but then again, it's specific to the verb which auxiliary is used
apparaître (to appear) for instance predominantly uses être
but disparaître (to disappear) predominantly uses avoir
not gonna say there's a logic to that

[unkempt ferry]

Ok. So would you suggest I remember the verbs that use être in Dr & Mrs VanDerTramp?

[wheat hawk]

yes

not necessarily all at once

but at least in the long run

[unkempt ferry]

I should at least save the list in my notes

[potent drift]

I should say that 'movement verbs use être' is more of a generalisation than a rule

Most être verbs (outside of pronominals) involve movement but not all movement verbs use être