She says, 'L'endroit qui m'a le plus marqué...' - why not 'marquée'?
Does a participle in this kind of sentence agree with an object or not?
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Tom Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Does a participle in this kind of sentence agree with an object or not?
This question relates to:French interactive reading exercise "Mon année à l'étranger"
Asked 2 years ago
Bonjour Tom,
You are correct! Well spotted! As Chris explained: the direct object pronoun m' refers to the narrator (a woman) so it should be 'marquée'. It has now been fixed.
Merci et bonne journée !
Chris Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Good question, Tom. Since a woman is speaking and referring to herself ("me"), which is, at the same time, the COD in the sentence, I would also expect marquée.
Jim Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Hi Tom,
I see "m'a le plus marqué" the object pronoun "me" as being indirect (to/on me).
So the concordance is with L'endroit (nm) therefore marqué.
Jim
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Does a participle in this kind of sentence agree with an object or not?
She says, 'L'endroit qui m'a le plus marqué...' - why not 'marquée'?
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