Is this correct in French "Je t'ai suivie"?

Question

given that the "te" here refers to a woman, should we add an "e" to the verb "suivi" as shown up in the sentence?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Yes, that's correct.

With the "avoir" auxiliary (here conjugated to the form "ai") you always have to make your participle (suivie) agree in gender and number with the direct object if it is placed before the participle.
You were correct in placing the "e" at the end.

Another example would be : "Les fleurs que je t'ai données sont belles." (The flowers I gave you are beautiful). The participle "donné" agrees with the object "fleurs" which is feminine plural, so you add "es". In this case, the "te" or "t'" is irrelevant to the participle, because it is an indirect object.
What did I give? Flowers : that's a direct object.
Who did I give them to? you : that's the indirect object.

Participles agree with direct objects, if it is placed before only. Compare with "Je t'ai donné les fleurs" (I gave you the flowers) in this case, the participle remains invariable.

Answer 2

I do not believe so. Typically, you tend to add the extra "e" to feminine people that are SUBJECTS. te-- the female "you"-- is the OBJECT in this case. Furthermore, it would not matter, unless suivir was an irregular verb, because you are conjugating the past tense using the conjugated form of the verb AVOIR-- which is "ai" in conjunction with "Je". Generally, you only feminize the past-tense of the action verb if you conjugate the past-tense with the verb, etre, which would become Je suis. Or if it was reflexive.

Je me suis lave(e)
--I washed myself,

I'm a bit rusty, as it has been a couple months (it's summer!) since my last class, but I believe the ordering is correct.

In that case, the e in the parenthesis is MANDATORY if "Je" is a female.

Je t'ai lave.

Because it is not reflexive, not doing the action to MYSELF, then I conjugate "I wash you" with avoir, making it "ai." So you do NOT add the additional e.

You also only add the "e" when you use movement verbs, such as monter or descendre. Or mourrir or nee (i forgot the unconjugated form, but it means to be born).

I could be wrong though. it HAS been a couple months...

Je t'ai suivie looks correct, but it probably isn't.

Even if it was acceptable though, the additional e refers to the SUBJECT. te is the OBJECT in this case. So if you are male, no additional e.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Maybe something got entangled there, because there's a negation there. A common negation phrase says '''n'est ce pas'' or ne...pas with something in between it. All I can say is, you are correct in saying that ais-je cannot be a short form of the verb ''avoir.'' That means it has to be something else, or a spelling error. Just give us a couple of lines from the text, then we can interpret it better.

Answer 4

You definitely have to put a "e" if "t'" is feminine.
With the auxilliary verb "avoir", the past participle ("suivi") agrees with the direct object if there is one (it's the case here) and if it is located before the verb (it's also the case here). So, "je t'ai suiviE" is right.

Answer 5

yes.
agreement of past participle:

with être verbs, the past participle agrees with the subject.
La femme est allée

with reflexive verbs, the past participle agrees with the relexive pronoun, if it is acting as a direct object.
La femme s'est levée.
La femme s'est lavé les cheveux. (se is an indirect object her)

The past participle agrees with the preceding direct object, which is the rule which applies to your sentence.
Je l'ai suivie. (the l' is an élision for la)
C'est toi, Marie, que j'ai suivie. (The que agrees is the direct object in that clause, which refers to Marie)

Since most of these agreements are not heard, they are often not made in casual writing.


French/German teacher 30+ years, grammar fan

Answer 6

je t'ai suivie it's the correct form

Answer 7

Yes it is correct. With the auxiliary "avoir", the agreement is with the direct object that precedes it. If the direct object follows the verb, there is no agreement.

Answer 8

Yeah it is correct. Others have already explained why.

opaalvarez "Je te suive" is incorrect. With the present tense, you should write "Je te suis"...
"suive" is subjunctive.

Answer 9

The word TE means YOU in singular, not HER or HIS

You can say Je te suive in the presen t tense

Answer 10

maybe te refers to a woman.....but you're the one who make the action..not her....i believe you don't have to put an e at the end of the word