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Past participles used as adjectives with the verb "être"

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Definitions[edit | edit source]

Past participle[edit | edit source]

The past participle is a verb form with several roles. It’s essential in the creation of compound verb tenses/moods and the passive voice, and it can also be used as an adjective. The French past participle usually ends -é, -i, or -u, and is equivalent to -ed or -en in English.

Subject-verb agreement[edit | edit source]

The subject-verb agreement in French is the way to choose the correct ending for verbs in terms of grammatical persons, gender and number, depending on their subject.

Past participles used as adjectives with "être"[edit | edit source]

When a past participle is used as an adjective after the verb "être", it agrees with the subject:

  • La piscine est couverte

The swimming pool is indoors

  • Les caisses sont fermées

The cash desks are closed


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Nouns


Determiners


Personal and impersonal pronouns


Adjectives


Adverbs


Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers


Verb forms


Verb constructions


Verb and participle agreement


Tense


The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives


The infinitive


Prepositions


Question formation


Relative clauses


Negation


Conjunctions and other linking constructions

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