Looking for more detail on these verbs, I couldn't find ANY French verb conjugation sites that conjugated verbs like AMUSER, MAQUILLER, REPOSER, or even DÉCÉDER with ÊTRE. They all use AVOIR. Why is that?
French verb conjugation sites don't agree
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Donna B.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
French verb conjugation sites don't agree
This question relates to:French lesson "Agreeing past participle with subject's gender and number with (+ être) verbs in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)"
Asked 4 years ago
Hi Donna,
It is because all of these verbs are mainly use as reflexive verbs -
s’amuser, se maquiller, se reposer, se décider
As such they all take theauxiliary être.
Hope this helps!
Chris W. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Just an example, where the verb décider is once used transitively with avoir and then in a reflexive construction with être.
Il a décidé la question. -- He decided the question (the matter).
Il s'est décidé. -- He made up his mind. ("He decided himself.")
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