i understand the sentence but not the grammar

J'espère qu'on s'arrête bientôt. please explain (s'arrete) grammar bruce

Hi Bruce, Think of it as "to stop oneself". Try a search for "reflexive pronouns" You can get started in lesson 4.8: http://members.rocketlanguages.com/lessons/221#language Jason

French uses the reflexive pronouns more than does English. Often in English we simply understand their presence. For example: in English I would say, "I sat down." It's understood that I sat myself down. However, In French the reflexive pronoun is included: "Je me suis assise." This is another place where it just takes practice until it becomes second nature. Note also that in the French sentence, it was a woman, not a man, who was sitting herself down.

Bonjour à tous! Thank you very much for the perfect explanations, and Diana your supplementary explanation is exactly what I would have put! Awesome! Keep up the good work! - Marie-Claire

Keep in mind that Bruce only has 7000 points and asked about a phrase that appears in lesson 2.2 2.2 On a Tour http://members.rocketlanguages.com/lessons/182 s'arrête Attention! The concept introduced above with "Je me suis assise" is it a bit higher level and involves understanding passé composé of reflexive verbs. Guys out there will need to write and speak, "Je me suis assis.", while girls must use, "Je me suis assise." Elle s'est assise. Il s'est assis. See lesson 5.7: http://members.rocketlanguages.com/lessons/2673 @Marie-Claire: Are you on the RF team and can make corrections or are you a student like me? There is an example in lesson 4.8 (the link that I gave to Bruce), that does not apply and is not explained (at least not in that lesson). Please have a look: http://members.rocketlanguages.com/lessons/221#language It is a picture of a woman with a caption: Je me suis lavé les cheveux. I wash my hair. Lavé (pronominal) reste ici invariable puisque son complément direct est placé après. It probably belongs in another lesson because it introduces a case where there is no agreement with the gender but rather with the COD (les cheveux). I was going to suggest in The Body lesson, but there are just three phrases and they are not explained either and probably shouldn't be there. http://members.rocketlanguages.com/lessons/1262 It's not very well curated. Probably better to place it in lesson 20.6 here: http://members.rocketlanguages.com/lessons/1038 I can open a ticket with support if you prefer, of course. Best Regards, Jason