past participle: suivi
Singular
Plural
first person je suis jeuh swee I follow
nous suivons noo sweevohn we follow
second person tu suis too swee you follow vous suivez voo sweevay you follow il suit eel swee he follows
ils suivent
they follow
eel sweeve
third person elle suit ell swee she follows
(masc. or mized)
on suit ohn swee one follows elles suivent ell sweeve
they follow (fem.)
G: Vivre
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vivre to live
past participle: vécu [ vaycoo]
Singular
Plural
first person je vis jeuh vee I live
nous vivons noo veevohn we live
second person tu vis too vee you live vous vivez voo veevay you live il vit eel vee he lives
ils vivent
they live
eel veeve
third person elle vit ell vee she lives
(masc. or mized)
on vit ohn vee one lives elles vivent ell veeve
they live (fem.)
G: Naître
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naître to be born
past participle: né(e)(s)1
Singular
Plural
first person je nais jeuh nay I am born
nous naissons noo nehssohn we are born
second person tu nais too nay you are born vous naissez voo nehssay you are born il naît eel nay he is born
ils naissent
they are born
eel nesse
third person elle naît ell nay she is born
(masc. or mized)
on naît ohn nay one is born elles naissent ell nesse
they are born (fem.)
1 Naître is the only -aître verb that takes être as its helping verb (and therefore agrees with the subject as a past participle in perfect tenses).
G: Reflexive Verbs with Perfect Tenses
When proniminal verbs are conjugated in perfect tenses, être is used as the auxiliary verb.
Reflexive Verbs
In perfect tenses, the past participles agree with the direct object pronoun, but not the indirect object pronoun, in gender and plurality. Therefore it would only agree when the reflexive pronoun is the direct object. Also remember that the past participle does not agree with the direct object if it goes after the verb.
Elle s'est lavée. - She washed herself.
Nous nous sommes lavé(e)s. - We washed ourselves.
Elle s'est lavé les mains. - She washed her hands.
Nous nous sommes lavé les mains. - We washed our hands.
Reciprocal Verbs
Like reflexive verbs, the past participle of reciprocal verbs agrees in number and gender with the direct object if it goes before the verb. It therefore agrees with all reciprocal pronouns that function as direct objects.
Nous nous sommes aimé(e)s. - We liked each other.
The reciprocal pronoun can also function as an indirect object without a direct object pronoun.
Nous nous sommes parlé. - We spoke to each other.
Elles se sont téléphoné. - They called one another.
Vous vous êtes écrit souvent? - You wrote to each other often?
Naturally Pronominal Verbs
