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Using aussi with past tense

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Using aussi with past tense

For a previous question, I got a lovely response about placing "aussi" after the verb, but I see that in the phrase "J'ai aussi demande "(needs an accent ague), "aussi" goes in the middle of the verb.  Is that the rule?

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

For most adverbs in compound tenses, yes. It mostly holds for «aussi». However, aussi is one adverb that moves around a lot, in spoken French especially. (I don't recommend the 2nd link for reading but it is an academic reference I found when trying to understand the same question you are asking)

position of adverbs with verbs in compound tenses

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343714059_French_additive_%27aussi%27_does_prosody_matter

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Using aussi with past tense

For a previous question, I got a lovely response about placing "aussi" after the verb, but I see that in the phrase "J'ai aussi demande "(needs an accent ague), "aussi" goes in the middle of the verb.  Is that the rule?

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