Is "je suis allé souvent" correct or should it be "je suis souvent allé?"

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Answer 1

Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. This would depend upon what you which to stress. Often the adverb (souvent in this case) goes after the conjugated verb, but, you as the speaker, could choose. Here is the rule:

In compound tenses, the position of the adverb varies. Most adverbs, especially long ones and adverbs of time and place, generally follow the past participle. A few common ones, such as bien, mal, souvent, toujours, déjà, and encore, as well as the adverbs of quantity, usually precede the past participle.

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