The agreement of the past participle in compound tenses: special cases
Ils ont fini la bouteille. They finished the bottle.
Mes enfants, je les ai aimés plus que tout au monde. My children, I loved them more than anything else in the world. ('them' is a direct object pronoun)
J'ai perdu ma fille I lost my daughter → Je l'ai perdue I lost my daughter → I lost her.
Voici la célébrité qu’elle a rencontrée. Here is the celebrity that she met. ('the celebrity' is a direct object)
Elle a fait tomber la bouteille. → Elle l'a fait tomber. She dropped the bottle → She dropped it.
J'ai vu six films hier. Ils étaient très bien. → Les six films que j'ai vus hier étaient très bien. I saw six films yesterday. The were very good. → The six films I saw yesterday were very good. (Que is a direct object)
J'ai parlé à mes frères et sœurs → Je leur ai parlé. I spoke to my brothers and sisters. → I spoke to them. (Leur is an indirect object, so no agreement).
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