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Non-agreement of direct object numerals with coûter, peser and mesurer
Although past participles normally agree with preceding direct objects, including direct objects involving numerals:
- Les cinq cents francs que j'ai gagnés
The five hundred francs I won
with the verbs coûter 'cost', peser 'weigh', mesurer 'measure', and other measure verbs, numerals are normally adverbs rather than direct objects, so there is no agreement when the numeral precedes the past participle:
- Les cinq cents francs que cela m'a coûté
The five hundred francs which that cost me
Once you've mastered this lesson, take a look at these related pages: Possessive determiners, Omission of the article, Use of en with numerals and quantifiers & Use of indefinite and partitive articles after the negative forms.
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