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Avez-vous sorti? (Chp 10)

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Printed Date: 16 January 2009 at 2:13am


Topic: Avez-vous sorti? (Chp 10)
Posted By: cornavin
Subject: Avez-vous sorti? (Chp 10)
Date Posted: 30 December 2008 at 5:56pm
In Chapter 10, practice A-8, number 8 there is the following cue:

Avez-vous sorti assez d'exemplaires?

I am confused as to why avez-vous is used instead of Etes-vous.  Exercise 9 uses Etes-vous (Etes-vous sorti tard?).  Is this correct, and if so can you please explain the use of the verb avoir with sortir?

Merci d'avance.





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Posted By: Ragtime Willie
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 8:44pm
My "501 French Verbs" says of the verb sortir, "this verb is conjugated with avoir when it has a direct object."  It gives the examples "Elle a sorti son mouchoir" BUT "Elle est sortie hier soir."



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Will



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