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<div class="pg_page_title">Agreement of the past participle with the use of the auxiliary "avoir" and a direct object which precedes.</div>
<div style="font-size:200%">Agreement of the past participle with the use of the auxiliary "avoir" and a direct object which precedes.</div>
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There are 3 cases where the past participle agrees with the direct object above 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 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?).


==Definitions==
=== Subject-verb agreement ===
The agreement in French (the agreement) is the way to choose the correct ending for verbs in terms of grammatical persons, gender and number, depending on their subject.
=== Past participle===
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.
=== French Auxilaries ===
There are only 2 auxiliaries in French: "avoir" or "être". As "avoir", "être" is used to form compound tenses for some verbs.
===Compound Tenses===
Conjugations for the different French verb tenses and moods can be divided into 2 categories:
*'''simple''' and '''compound'''.
Simple tenses and moods have only 1 part (e.g., "je mange") whereas compound tenses and moods have 2 (e.g., "j'ai mangé").
==Agreement of the past participle with the use of the auxiliary "avoir" and a direct object which precedes: 3 cases==
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 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?) or " Combien de lettres a-t-il lues?" (How many letters did he read?).


==Other Chapters==
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==Other Lessons==
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Subject-verb-agreement-—-Verb-“être”|Subject verb agreement — Verb “être”]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Namesake|Namesake]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/«-de-»-or-«-du-»,-«-de-la-»,-«-des-»-after-quantifiers|« de » or « du », « de la », « des » after quantifiers]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Use-of-il,-ce,-cela-and-ça-as-impersonal-pronouns|Use of il, ce, cela and ça as impersonal pronouns]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Sentence-modifying-adverbs|Sentence modifying adverbs]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Impersonal-verbs|Impersonal verbs]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Cardinal-Numbers-—-When-to-use-figures-and-when-to-use-words|Cardinal Numbers — When to use figures and when to use words]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Easy-way-of-generating-the-simple-past|Easy way of generating the simple past]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Punctuation|Punctuation]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Benefactive-me,-te,-se,-nous,-vous|Benefactive me, te, se, nous, vous]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Comparative-forms-of-adjectives|Comparative forms of adjectives]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Verb-forms-—-Conjugations|Verb forms — Conjugations]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Adjectives-used-as-nouns|Adjectives used as nouns]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Unstressed-and-Stressed-Pronouns|Unstressed and Stressed Pronouns]]
* [[Language/French/Grammar/"C'est"-or-"Ce-sont"|"C'est" or "Ce sont"]]
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