4. When it is derived from an intransitive verb, the Participle Past is always invariable.
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Ils or elles se sont plu, Ils or elles se sont nui, |
They have pleased each other. They have injured each other. |
5. When joined to the verb avoir, it never agrees with its nominative.
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ma fille m'a écrit, my daughter has written me. |
les enfants ont pleuré, the children have wept. |
6. But it agrees with its direct object (see sec. 3) when preceded by it.
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Les fleurs qu'elle m'a données, Les lettres que j'ai écrites, Les dames qu'il a connues, |
The flowers which she has given me. The letters which I have written. The ladies whom he has known. |
7. Placed after it, it remains invariable.
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J'ai écrit les lettres, Il a connu les dames, |
I have written the letters. He has known the ladies. |
§ 51. The Adverb.