Look at these sentences:
Tu lui as parlé.
You talked to her.You talked to him.
La télé? Oui, Marc l'a regardée.
Telly? Yes, Marc watched it.
Et le concert? Les enfants l'ont adoré.
What about the concert? The children loved it.
Ces épisodes? Il les avait déjà vus.
These episodes? He had already seen them.
Notice that when object pronouns are used in a sentence with a conjugated compound verb, they are placed between the subject and the verb "avoir".
See also:
Replacing nouns with le, la, l', les = it, him, her, them (direct object pronouns)
Me, te, nous, vous = Me, you, us, you (direct and indirect object pronouns)
Replacing people with lui, leur = him, her, them (indirect object pronouns)
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Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
2/01/18
Bonjour Stuart !
Oui tout à fait!
See our article on elision :)
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/glossary/85
Bonne journée !
Stephen
Kwiziq community member
4 November 2017
3 replies
Re: "Laura adore ces bonbons. Tu les as goûtés?"
"Respectfully submit that the English translation is wrong here...shouldn't it say "Have you tasted them?" (present perfect)...not "Did you taste them?"?
Chris
Kwiziq community member
4/11/17
-- Chris (not a native speaker)
Stephen
Kwiziq community member
4/11/17
Jim
Kwiziq community member
7/11/17
I agree that the strict translation should be "Have you tasted them" but "Did you taste them" is the only correct answer of those offered, as I see it.
I suggest that " Did you____" is equivalent to "Have you____" in this context.
Do you not agree?
Regards,
Alan ( Non-native speaker)
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
18 October 2016
3 replies
Kristin asked: "Je l'ai épousée." Why the "- e" at the end of "épousée" ?"
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
18/10/16
This is due to a more advanced rule of agreement with "avoir" as auxiliary.
Though you've learnt that the past participle never agrees with the subject of the verb with "avoir" as auxiliary, it can agree with the direct object of the verb when this one is placed before "avoir".
This is the case when using direct object pronouns, as they're always placed before the auxiliary in compound tenses.
Here is a link to our related lesson:
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/view/429
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
Kathy
Kwiziq community member
16/12/16
Merci en avance!
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
17/03/17
The rule only applies to direct object pronouns, so here it could still be masculine or feminine :)
À bientôt !
Trenton
Kwiziq community member
17 February 2018
2 replies
Bonjour
Can you please tell me the placement of it in regards to all the verbs like present, passe compose, futur simple, etc? please i need it for my exam
Chris
Kwiziq community member
18 February 2018
18/02/18
What do you need to know over and above what's said in the lesson? Can you be more specific?
-- Chris.
Chris
Kwiziq community member
18 February 2018
18/02/18
What do you need to know over and above what's said in the lesson? Can you be more specific?
-- Chris.