Se Parler au Passé Composé

Gilbert J.C1Kwiziq community member

Se Parler au Passé Composé

Hi Team

Is "Se Parler"  always conjugated without the past participle agreement ?

Example : Elle se sont parlé.

If no, can you give an example sentence with past participle agreement.

please check:  https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/se-parler 

where the table shows agreement of Past participle. 

Thank you.

Asked 1 year ago
Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Gilbert, ‘se parler ‘ is intransitive - it does not take a direct object. The reflexive pronoun is always the indirect object pronoun and hence no agreement occurs. 

See links - in particular the explanation on Laura Lawless site : 

https://www.wordreference.com/fren/se%20parler

 https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/agreement-with-pronominal-verbs/

Gilbert J.C1Kwiziq community member

@ Maarten

Then why in few dictionaries and in few websites which I had referred, they are showing the conjugation with past participle agreement.

check few example sentences here showing agreement: 

Elles ne se sont pas parlées depuis la guerre.

sourece : https://context.reverso.net/translation/french-english/elles+se+sont+parl%C3%A9es

Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Bonjour Gilbert,

Unfortunately, we are not able to rely on some translation services  --  they do not always get the grammar correct.

Martin is correct  --  the verb parler requires a preposition to complete its meaning and therefore the reflexive pronoun will always be representing an indirect object.

Hope this helps.

Bonne journée

Jim

Gilbert J. asked:

Se Parler au Passé Composé

Hi Team

Is "Se Parler"  always conjugated without the past participle agreement ?

Example : Elle se sont parlé.

If no, can you give an example sentence with past participle agreement.

please check:  https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/se-parler 

where the table shows agreement of Past participle. 

Thank you.

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