Clearer explanation please

J. L.C1Kwiziq community member

I believe it would be better to replace "behind" with "after" to be consistent with the use of "before" in the following paragraph :

J'ai regardé la fille. la fille is the object of ai regardé but it's behind, so no agreement.
I watched the girl.
-> Je l'ai regardée. l' replaces la fille -feminine/singular- and it's before the verb, so agreement.
I watched her.

This question relates to:French lesson "Special cases when the past participle agrees (in number & gender) when used with 'avoir' in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)"

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CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Thank you for your suggestion, JaGGa , ‘behind’ has been changed to ‘after’ .

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