J'ai une question: A-t-elle joué avec son frère?

Kazuko S.C1Kwiziq community member

J'ai une question: A-t-elle joué avec son frère?

Shouldn't "joué" be "jouée," as the subject is elle?

Asked 8 years ago
LauraKwiziq team memberCorrect answer
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)
Kazuko S.C1Kwiziq community member
Oh, j'ai apprendu quelque chose de nouveau! Merci!
Claudia A.A2Kwiziq 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)

Kayode O.C1Kwiziq community member

No. Because the auxiliary verb is not être.  It is avoir. 

J'ai une question: A-t-elle joué avec son frère?

Shouldn't "joué" be "jouée," as the subject is elle?

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