Breakdown of Dans ce groupe mondain, elle se comporte comme si la noblesse l'avait invitée.
elle
she
dans
in, inside
avoir
to have
ce
this (before a noun)
le groupe
the group
inviter
to invite
la
her, it (feminine direct object pronoun)
se comporter
to behave
comme si
as if
la noblesse
the nobility
mondain
high-society
Questions & Answers about Dans ce groupe mondain, elle se comporte comme si la noblesse l'avait invitée.
Why do we use the plus-que-parfait (avait invitée) here instead of the imparfait?
After comme si (as if), we use the imparfait for a hypothetical situation happening at the same time as the main verb. We use the plus-que-parfait for a hypothetical situation that would have happened before the main verb. Since the invitation would have happened before she started behaving this way, we use the plus-que-parfait.
Why is there an extra 'e' at the end of invitée?
In compound tenses like the plus-que-parfait, verbs conjugated with avoir usually don't agree with the subject. However, they do agree with a preceding direct object. Here, the direct object is l' (meaning la, referring to elle), which comes before the verb. Therefore, we add an 'e' to make invitée feminine.
The word mondain translates to 'high-society'. Does it have anything to do with le monde (the world)?
Why is it elle se comporte and not just elle comporte?
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