FYW 171 : French verbs: agreement of the past participle with AVOIR (compound tenses, part 4)

In this episode, I’ll clarify the rules of agreement of the past participle with AVOIR. This rule is a little bit more advanced and requires basic notions of grammar: you need to know what subjects, direct objects and direct object pronouns are. Some native French people don’t make the proper agreement of the past participle with AVOIR because they’re not aware of the rule – but the agreement of the past participle is NOT optional, so basically they are making French grammar mistakes. Let’s see if YOU can get it right after my easy tips ?

In the next part dedicated to this series about compound tenses, we’ll see the rules of agreements of the past participles with the reflexive verbs (verbes pronominaux)

Previous episodes in the series:

Episode 164: French verbs: past participles (compound tenses, part 1): frenchyourway.com.au/podcast164
Episode 165: French verbs: how to choose between ETRE and AVOIR (compound tenses, part 2): frenchyourway.com.au/podcast165
Episode 167: French verbs: agreement of the past participle with ETRE (compound tenses, part 3): frenchyourway.com.au/podcast167

Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this episode
Les enfants ont écrit une lettre.

La lettre que les enfants ont écrite était pour leur maman.

Marie a oublié / perdu sa clef.

La clé que Marie a oubliée / perdue l’empêche de rentrer chez elle.

Exercise :

Les candidats pour qui nous avons voté__ ont perdu l’élection.
La voiture que j’ai loué__ est bleue.
La famille a loué__ une maison de vacances à Arcachon.
La vieille dame a refusé__ les conseils que je lui ai donné__.
Est-ce que tu as téléphoné__ à tes parents ? – Oui, je leur ai téléphoné__.
Est-ce que tu as appelé__ tes parents ? – Oui, je les ai appelé__.

Answers :

Les candidats pour qui nous avons voté ont perdu l’élection.
La voiture que j’ai louée est bleue.
La famille a loué une maison de vacances à Arcachon.
La vieille dame a refusé les conseils que je lui ai donnés.
Est-ce que tu as téléphoné à tes parents ? – Oui, je leur ai téléphoné.
Est-ce que tu as appelé tes parents ? – Oui, je les ai appelés.

LINKS and RESOURCES!

Episode 164: French verbs: past participles (compound tenses, part 1): frenchyourway.com.au/podcast164
Episode 165: French verbs: how to choose between ETRE and AVOIR (compound tenses, part 2): frenchyourway.com.au/podcast165
Episode 167: French verbs: agreement of the past participle with ETRE (compound tenses, part 3): frenchyourway.com.au/podcast167
Episode 88 : Direct and Indirect Objects and Pronouns in French: frenchyourway.com.au/podcast88
Article “How to Use Qui and Que in French”: http://frenchyourway.com.au/how-to-use-qui-and-que-in-french
My online course "How to sound like a native French speaker": http://frenchyourway.com.au/nativespeaker

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