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Malahni N.A0Kwiziq community member

Is there anyone available to help me with my past tense grammar in French?Good evening all, I have an assignment for French and would like either an advanced or a native speaker to analyze what I have written. I am working on past tense verb usage and I am struggling a bit. It is an essay, so I figure it may be a bit extensive to post on here.

Asked 8 years ago

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Rebecca W.B2Kwiziq community member

Agreement of Past Participles

Hi,

I am under the impression that when conjugating a verb in the passé composé, the past participle will agree in the following instances:

When using avoir with a preceding direct object and using être and s'être. However, I have recently seen instances of conjugations of être/s'être not having any agreement.

Could anyone please tell me why this is?

For example, why is the following sentence correct?

Les conférenciers s'étaient juré de nous renseigner sur l'histoire.

Le genre s'était enrichi grâce à Ray Bradbury et à plusieurs auteurs qui se sont succédé tels que Stephen King et J.G Ballard.

I would appreciate any responses,

Thanks!

Rebecca :)

Asked 5 years ago

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