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Vous êtes venue me voir hier.

Peter-M111

Peter-M111

"Vous êtes venue me voir hier." (Lesson 4.12) Does "venue" imply the "vous" are all feminine? And if so, why is it not "Vous êtes venues me voir hier." Am I missing something in the grammar rules? Merci
toru e

toru e

The sentence would actually imply that the "you" being referenced is singular and female. If it were a plural and all female "you all" then "Vous êtes venues me voir hier." is correct.
Peter-M111

Peter-M111

Merci, Trusan. ThHat is exactly what I had been speculating, but what causes me doubt (still) is that in lesson1.11, RocketFrench states explicitly: "Vous êtes intelligents. You are intelligent (“you” is formal or plural)." This implies the Vous formal form takes the plural. Otherwise, it seems to me it would be necessary to separate the two usages and say "Vous êtes intelligent. You are intelligent (“you” is formal)." "Vous êtes intelligents. You are intelligent (“you” is plural)." Not only that, if there is such a grammatical distinction, unless I have missed it, there has been no mention of Vous ever taking the singular adjective.
toru e

toru e

Ah, I see the lesson. That *has* to be a typo. I think they meant to put the 's' in parenthesis: Vous êtes intelligent*(*s*)*. You are intelligent (“you” is formal or plural)." Or better still, they should have separated the singular and plural cases. -Vous êtes intelligent(e). You are intelligent (“you” is formal singular). -Vous êtes intelligent(e)s. You are intelligent (“you” is plural).
Jane-P1

Jane-P1

Thank you for parsing out these distinctions. It's wonderful "listening" to the masters.

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