La porte est coincée; la poignée ne tourne plus, nous attendons dehors.

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Breakdown of La porte est coincée; la poignée ne tourne plus, nous attendons dehors.

• nous: we
• la porte: the door
• attendre: to wait

Questions & Answers about La porte est coincée; la poignée ne tourne plus, nous attendons dehors.

Why does it say coincée with an extra final e?

Because la porte is feminine singular, and the past participle used as an adjective agrees with it: coincé (masc. sg.) → coincée (fem. sg.). Compare: Le tiroir est coincé vs. La fenêtre est coincée.

Is est coincée a tense or the passive voice?

Here coincée is a past participle used as an adjective describing a state: “the door is stuck.” It’s not a compound tense. You could also say:

• La porte s’est coincée = “The door got stuck” (focus on the event).
• La porte a été coincée can mean “was jammed (by someone/something),” but it’s less common for this context.

What’s the nuance between coincée and bloquée?

• Coincé(e) suggests wedged/jammed so it can’t move.
• Bloqué(e) suggests blocked/obstructed, sometimes by a mechanism or outside force. They often overlap. With a door, both are fine; coincée leans “jammed,” bloquée leans “blocked.”

Is there a cedilla in coincée? I’ve seen ç elsewhere.