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[gilded river]

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[tiny swift]

"je suis assis" describes a state using an adjective. I am currently seated.
"je m'assois" describes an ongoing action. I am in the middle of the sitting down action.

[distant otter]

"I'm seated" vs "I sit down"

[naive hawk]

oh okay guys thank you

[naive hawk]

wait i just realized, jsuis assis is just passé composé huh

[naive hawk]

je suis assis can't also be passe composé ?

actually no

s'asseoir is a reflexive verb

if it was passé composé it would have been je me suis assis

[tiny swift]

yes

[distant otter]

no

[tiny swift]

attribute and passé composé being the same can happen, but that's not the case here

a common example being with "mourir" ("il est mort" means "he's dead" as well as "he died")

[distant otter]

"il est parvenu" works too

maybe not

[tiny swift]

not really

[distant otter]

i guess you'd have to say "lui c'est un parvenu"

anyway

asseoir actually takes a direct object

[ocean trellis]

je suis assis = im sitting

je m'assois = i'm sitting down