It is used in the sense of “each other” for these verbs. This is because the reflexive pronoun is an indirect object. The participe passé does not agree with the subject of the following verbs: se téléphoner to call each other, se parler to talk to each other, se mentir to lie to each other, se plaire (complaire/déplaire) to like each other, se sourire to smile at each other, se rire to laugh at each other, se nuire to hurt each other, se succéder to succeed each other, se suffire to be enough, se ressembler to look like each other, s’en vouloir to be annoyed with each other. Marie and Laurent called each other on the phone. Remember: the participe passé never agrees with an indirect object.Įxample: Marie et Laurent se sont téléphoné. In this case, the past participle does not agree.Įxample: Elle s’est lavé les mains. The exception is when the direct object comes after the reflexive verb. In the case of reflexive verbs (which always take être as their auxiliary in the passé composé), the participle generally agrees with the subject.Įxample: Nous nous sommes lev és très tôt.He sorted his business cards.→ He sorted them (Fr. He cleaned up his room.→ He cleaned it (Fr. This direct object can take three possible forms: a personal pronoun (me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les), the relative pronoun que, or a noun placed before the verb (usually in questions and exclamations).Įxample: Il a rangé son bureau. The pass compos of 17 verbs is formed by combining the present tense of tre (je suis, tu es, il est, nous sommes, vous tes, ils sont) and then adding. For verbs that take avoir in the passé composé, the participle only agrees in gender and number with a direct object that comes before the verb.They went to their offices.Įlles sont all ées dans leurs bureaux. He went to his office.Įlle est all ée dans son bureau.
In this case, the meaning of the verb often changes. Note: we use avoir when descendre, ( r)entrer, (re)monter, retourner and sortir are followed by a direct object. with the following verbs of movement: naître/mourir be born/die, aller/venir go/come, monter/descendre go up/go down, arriver/partir arrive/leave, entrer/sortir enter/go out, apparaître appear, rester stay, retourner return, tomber fall and their related forms such as: revenir come back, rentrer go back in, remonter go back up, redescendre go back down, repartir leave again.Įxample: Je suis arrivé à la gare.Most verbs construct the passé composé with avoir, however être is used as the auxiliary verb in the following cases:Įxample: Je me suis trompé dans mon calcul.
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