In the exercise about the new green car with the brown leather seats, one alternate answer was ‘Ils sont fait en cuir.’ The best answer was ‘Il sont en cuir’. Present tense. Was the alternate answer in passe compose? If so, wouldn’t that be ‘ils ont fait en cuir?’
the exercise about the new green car
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Ted M.Kwiziq community member
the exercise about the new green car
This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate être in the present tense in French (Le Présent)"
Asked 3 months ago
Hi Ted,
The sentence -
Ils sont fait en cuir = They are made of leather
is a sentence in a passive voice so the verb is still in the present but as a passive verb -
être fait de
rather than the active verb -
faire
Take a look at the following lesson to explain this further if need be -
Forming La Voix Passive with simple tenses in French (French Passive Voice)
Hope this helps!
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the exercise about the new green car
In the exercise about the new green car with the brown leather seats, one alternate answer was ‘Ils sont fait en cuir.’ The best answer was ‘Il sont en cuir’. Present tense. Was the alternate answer in passe compose? If so, wouldn’t that be ‘ils ont fait en cuir?’
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