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There are 3 cases where the past participle agrees with the preceding direct object in compound tenses that use the auxiliary "avoir": | There are 3 cases where the past participle agrees with the preceding direct object in compound tenses that use the auxiliary "avoir": | ||
# When the direct object above is an unstressed pronoun. For example: "le", "la", "les", "me", "te" etc. "Je les '''ai''' vu'''s'''" (I saw them). | # When the direct object above is an unstressed pronoun. For example: "le", "la", "les", "me", "te" etc. "Je les '''ai''' vu'''s'''" (I saw them). | ||
# When the preceding direct object is at the start of a relative clause: for example: "La lettre que j''''ai''' écri'''te'''" (The letter which I wrote). | # When the preceding direct object is at the start of a relative clause: for example: "'''La lettre''' que j''''ai''' écri'''te'''" (The letter which I wrote). | ||
# in questions, when the direct object has been moved before the past participle, for example: "Quelle lettre '''a'''-t-il écri'''te''' ?" (What letter did he write?). | # in questions, when the direct object has been moved before the past participle, for example: "Quelle '''lettre''' '''a'''-t-il écri'''te''' ?" (What letter did he write?). | ||
==Other Chapters== | ==Other Chapters== | ||
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