Hi Team
Is "Se Parler" always conjugated without the past participle agreement ?
Example : Elle se sont parlé.
If no, can you give an example sentence with past participle agreement.
please check: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/se-parler
where the table shows agreement of Past participle.
Thank you.
Gilbert, ‘se parler ‘ is intransitive - it does not take a direct object. The reflexive pronoun is always the indirect object pronoun and hence no agreement occurs.
See links - in particular the explanation on Laura Lawless site :
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/se%20parler
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/agreement-with-pronominal-verbs/
@ Maarten
Then why in few dictionaries and in few websites which I had referred, they are showing the conjugation with past participle agreement.
check few example sentences here showing agreement:
Elles ne se sont pas parlées depuis la guerre.
sourece : https://context.reverso.net/translation/french-english/elles+se+sont+parl%C3%A9es
Bonjour Gilbert,
Unfortunately, we are not able to rely on some translation services -- they do not always get the grammar correct.
Martin is correct -- the verb parler requires a preposition to complete its meaning and therefore the reflexive pronoun will always be representing an indirect object.
Hope this helps.
Bonne journée
Jim
Hi Team
Is "Se Parler" always conjugated without the past participle agreement ?
Example : Elle se sont parlé.
If no, can you give an example sentence with past participle agreement.
please check: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/se-parler
where the table shows agreement of Past participle.
Thank you.
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