passe compose with avoir...

Michael H.A0Kwiziq community member

passe compose with avoir...

When using avoir as the auxilliary verb in the passe compose, I thought that the past participle had to agree with the direct object... so in the previous exercise there was:

"Nous avons nouri nos chiens" ...are not les chiens the direct object of the verb in that sentence?

"il a fini ses devoirs" ...are not les devoirs the direct object of that sentence...?

...I guess I have got something very wrong here... grateful for any guidance...

Michael 

Asked 3 years ago
Todd L.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributorCorrect answer

when the direct object of the verb is placed before the verb, the past participle has to agree with this object.

This is a cut and paste from a B2 lesson

Michael H.A0Kwiziq community member

Thanks Todd for pointing that out...I had learnt the rule but without properly learning the context of it...many thanks! Michael 

Michael H. asked:

passe compose with avoir...

When using avoir as the auxilliary verb in the passe compose, I thought that the past participle had to agree with the direct object... so in the previous exercise there was:

"Nous avons nouri nos chiens" ...are not les chiens the direct object of the verb in that sentence?

"il a fini ses devoirs" ...are not les devoirs the direct object of that sentence...?

...I guess I have got something very wrong here... grateful for any guidance...

Michael 

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