COI not COD

Sanjana S.B2KwizIQ community member

COI not COD

Olivier t'a demandée en mariage !     Why is there an extra e in demander? the verb is Demander à quelqu'un. t' is COI not COD

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CélineKwizIQ Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Bonjour Sanjana,

The agreement is correct! Here the expression is "demander [quelqu'un] en mariage". Therefore, the object pronoun te is direct and not indirect. Therefore, agreeing the past participle is correct here.

I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée !

Sanjana S. asked:

COI not COD

Olivier t'a demandée en mariage !     Why is there an extra e in demander? the verb is Demander à quelqu'un. t' is COI not COD

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