Cette solution n'est pas indiquée pour Marie.

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Breakdown of Cette solution n'est pas indiquée pour Marie.

• Marie: Marie
• ne ... pas: not
• pour: for

Questions & Answers about Cette solution n'est pas indiquée pour Marie.

What does indiquée mean here? It looks like “indicated”; is that right?

In this sentence, indiquée does not mean “indicated” in the sense of “pointed out” or “shown.”

Here it means “recommended / suitable / appropriate.”

So Cette solution n'est pas indiquée pour Marie means something like:

• “This solution is not recommended for Marie.”
• “This solution is not suitable for Marie.”

This use of indiqué(e) is common in medical, technical, or formal language, where it means “medically indicated / appropriate,” or more generally “suitable / the right thing to do.”

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Why does indiquée have an extra -e at the end?

The extra -e marks agreement in gender:

• solution is a feminine noun (une solution).
• indiqué here is used as an adjective (or past participle functioning as an adjective).
• Adjectives agree with the noun they describe in gender and number.

So:

• Masculine singular: indiqué
• Feminine singular: indiquée ← needed here for solution
• Masculine plural: indiqués
• Feminine plural: indiquées

Because solution is feminine singular, we use indiquée (feminine singular form).

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Is n'est pas indiquée a passive voice construction?