Avoir vs. être in the passé composé
J'ai resté à la maison.
Je suis resté à la maison.
Verbs of movement and change of state — aller, venir, rester, devenir — take être.
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Tu as fait quoi hier soir ?
J'ai allé au cinéma avec Marie.
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Conjugation
Original:
J'ai allé au cinéma avec Marie.
Suggested:
Je suis allé au cinéma avec Marie.
Aller forms the passé composé with être, not avoir — and the participle then agrees with the subject: je suis allé / allée.
French mistakes FluenText catches
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Age uses avoir
Je suis vingt ans.
J'ai vingt ans.
French has age, it does not be it. The same goes for hunger, thirst and being cold.
Noun gender
une problème
un problème
Problème, système and programme are masculine despite the -e ending.
Adjective placement
une rouge voiture
une voiture rouge
Most French adjectives follow the noun. Only a short list — beau, grand, petit, jeune — comes first.
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