Feminine participle

Claudia A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Feminine participle

Bonjour

In the video we have J'ai recu les lettres. Why then do we say Je les ai recues.  ? Recevoir is is a verbe d'etat?

Merci

Asked 4 years ago
CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Claudia,

The rules of agreement of the past participles with the auxiliary 'avoir', you will find in the following Kwiziq lesson -

https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/special-cases-when-the-past-participle-agrees-in-number-and-gender-when-used-with-avoir-in-le-passe-compose-conversational-past

So, it is 

Je les ai reçues ( les=les lettres

But 

J'ai reçu les lettres 

The verb 'recevoir' is not a verb of state but here are a few -

https://french.kwiziq.com/learn/theme/1512981

Bonne Continuation!

Claudia A. asked:

Feminine participle

Bonjour

In the video we have J'ai recu les lettres. Why then do we say Je les ai recues.  ? Recevoir is is a verbe d'etat?

Merci

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