Hi, the line “that her grandmother sent her” translates to “que sa grand-mère lui a envoyée” in the exercise, but should this be “que sa grand-mère lui a envoyé”. I.e. Should “envoyé” not pick up the extra feminine “e” because there is no COD before the verb, there is only a COI before the verb.
“ that her grandmother sent her.”
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BrianKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
“ that her grandmother sent her.”
This question relates to:French writing exercise "A nice morning surprise"
Asked 1 year ago
Hi Brian,
Just to add to what Jim said, there was a hint saying -
"that" = la confiture à la framboise
so 'envoyée' is correct.
Jim Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Hi Brian,
I see "envoyée" as correct because it relates to "la confiture" a specific noun in the text.
Bonne journée
Jim
Maarten Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Brian - 'que' is an object pronoun, and precedes the verb. The structure is 'envoyer qqc à qqn' and 'que' is the "qqc" in this structure (la confiture).
Example from the attached lesson, remembering that the past participle does not agree with subject, but only with a preceding direct object :
Marie a écrit une lettre qu'elle a envoyée à Paul.
Marie wrote a letter which/that she sent to Paul.
Que = Whom/which/that (French Relative Pronouns)
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/envoyer
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“ that her grandmother sent her.”
Hi, the line “that her grandmother sent her” translates to “que sa grand-mère lui a envoyée” in the exercise, but should this be “que sa grand-mère lui a envoyé”. I.e. Should “envoyé” not pick up the extra feminine “e” because there is no COD before the verb, there is only a COI before the verb.
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