Shouldn't "joué" be "jouée," as the subject is elle?
J'ai une question: A-t-elle joué avec son frère?
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Kazuko S.Kwiziq community member
J'ai une question: A-t-elle joué avec son frère?
This question relates to:French lesson "Inverted questions in the compound past (Le Passé Composé) in French - with subject pronouns"
Asked 7 years ago
Bonjour Kazuko,
No, there's only agreement with the subject when the helping verb is être - see Agreeing past participle with subject's gender and number with (+ être) verbs in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)
No, there's only agreement with the subject when the helping verb is être - see Agreeing past participle with subject's gender and number with (+ être) verbs in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)
Claudia A.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Isn't Joué a verb? Therefore it does not take a feminine form. Isn't it so?
LauraKwiziq team member
Bonjour Claudia,
Joué is a past participle, and past participles do take a feminine form, which is called "agreement." There are different types of agreement depending on the verb.
In this case, the only time joué requires agreement is when it's preceded by a direct object; for example, J'aime la musique que tu as jouée.
You can learn more about this here: 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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