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We use extra e for féminin elle in passé composé. Why  not in Présent tense.

I am confused. Please help me out.

Salut! Would “trop” be accepted instead of “si” in the sentences. I used it in both the sentences in the passage but they were corrected to “si”. Is there a difference? Thank you 

C'est vraiment une sujet utile et m'a aidé à déveloper mon écoute, merci à vous. Mais j'ai une question, est-ce que je peux télécharger le podcast? Si oui, comment je peux le faire?

Why is the passé composé used here:  "Depuis que je t'ai rencontré.." when the rule says you use "depuis que + l'indicatif" --very confusing and frustrating without an explanation. 

Vous l'avez rencontre a une soiree - you met him at a party

Vous les avez rencontre a une soiree - you met them at a party

Il nous a rencontre a une soiree - he met us at a party

But the moment you talk about yourselves it becomes a reflexive verb, rather than just a special case of the pronoun matching the verb case?

Nous nous sommes rencontres a une soiree - we met (each other) at a party

The translation -' you went back to your childhood house' is not something we would say in english english. We would either say 'childhood home' or ' the house I lived in in my childhood'.  I'm trying to work out why this is and it has something to do with the word childhood as an abstract noun. Childhood is never an adjective.  ' Childhood home' is a kind of double noun, an inversion of 'home of my childhood' . I'm afraid I'm not a linguist so dont have the grammar to describe this. I just know it sounds very odd, and feels wrong.

Bonjour,

Why isn't vivre considered as a verb of state unlike naître and the others?

Merci :) 

I assume it may mean "how unlucky of being pregnant" but how do I know to add the " de/d' "