Shouldn't it be vous êtes entrés?
Vous êtes entré OR vous êtes entrés?
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chiara b.Kwiziq community member
Vous êtes entré OR vous êtes entrés?
This question relates to:French lesson "Entrer can be used with avoir or être in compound tenses depending on its meaning in French (Le Passé Composé)"
Asked 8 years ago
Bonjour Chiara !
Thanks for your question on the site.
I understand your confusion but here is the explanation: ''vous'' can, as you know, be used both for plural you, and for polite, formal you.
In the second case, it has a singular meaning, as it relates to a single person.
So in le Passé Composé, when you use the formal 'vous', it will agree with the single person it refers to: it was the case here, therefore ''Vous êtes entré [...]''.
Moreover, in different contexts, you could also encounter the plural versions ''Vous êtes entrés'' or ''Vous êtes entrées'' (for a whole woman group), as well as the feminine version ''Vous êtes entrée''.
I hope that's helpful.
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