Agreement of past particple with avoir auxillary

Gregory S.C1Kwiziq community member

Agreement of past particple with avoir auxillary

There might be an error on a test I just took. The question as written is "Ma mère nous a récompensés pour nous être comportés... The sentence as given shows an agreement between the past participle of récompenser, and the auxilliary, avoir. Is this correct? My instincts say "Non", but perhaps I'm missing something.

Asked 5 years ago
CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Gregory,

It is correct as the object pronoun 'nous' precedes the verb.

Take a look at the following Kwiziq lesson for further information -

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/special-cases-when-the-past-participle-agrees-in-number-and-gender-when-used-with-avoir-in-le-passe-compose-conversational-past

Hope this helps!

Gregory S.C1Kwiziq community member

Merci! Je pensais que c'était peut-être le cas, mais ce n'était pas claire à moi parce que la leçon ne donne que les exemples de "le/la/les" comme pronoms d'objets direct.

CécileNative French expert teacher in Kwiziq

Agreement of past particple with avoir auxillary

There might be an error on a test I just took. The question as written is "Ma mère nous a récompensés pour nous être comportés... The sentence as given shows an agreement between the past participle of récompenser, and the auxilliary, avoir. Is this correct? My instincts say "Non", but perhaps I'm missing something.

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