Direct Object Agreement

Question

In the first sentence "... dont je vous ai parlés ...", why does parlés have an S at the end? There is no agreement required here, is there?

Jim Jones · Answer

Bonjour Marlon,The verb parler takes a preposition either à or de depending on the context therefore "vous" will be an indirect object pronoun.That suggests that rénovations is the direct object of this sentence and is appearing in this case before the verb avoir and that grammar aspect requires the past participle of parler to agree with des rénovations (feminine plural).Bonne continuationJim

Anne Davies · Answer

With respect, Jim, I’m with Marlon here. Doesn’t parlé in this sentence have indirect objects, vous (=à) and les rénovations et les travaux (= de or rather, dont) but no direct object? The full sentence was :

Bonjour Monsieur Moreau, merci beaucoup d’être venu aujourd’hui pour discuter du devis concernant les rénovations et les travaux dont je vous ai parlés au téléphone.

The lesson on direct object agreement suggest it should be parlé: Special cases when the past participle agrees (in number & gender) when used with 'avoir' in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)