The agreement of the past participle in compound tenses: special cases
Ils ont fini la bouteille. They finished the bottle.
Mes enfants, je les ai aimés plus que tout au monde. Le COD les, ici masculin pluriel, est placé avant ai aimé. My children, I loved them more than anything else in the world. ('them' is a direct object pronoun)
J'ai perdu ma fille → Je l'ai perdue. Le COD l’ ici féminin singulier, est placé avant ai perdu. I lost my daughter → I lost my daughter → I lost her.
Voici la célébrité qu’elle a rencontrée. Le COD qu’ - la célébrité, féminin singulier - est placé avant a rencontré. Here is the celebrity that she met. ('the celebrity' is a direct object)
Elle a fait tomber la bouteille. → Elle l'a fait tomber. She dropped the bottle → She dropped it.
Ils ont fini la bouteille → Ils l'ont finie. L’ est COD. They finished the bottle → They finished it. (L’ is a direct object)
J'ai vu six films hier. Ils étaient très bien. → Les six films que j'ai vus hier étaient très bien. Que est COD. I saw six films yesterday. The were very good. → The six films I saw yesterday were very good. (Que is a direct object)
J'ai parlé à mes frères et sœurs → Je leur ai parlé. Leur est COI, pas d'accord. I spoke to my brothers and sisters. → I spoke to them. (Leur is an indirect object, so no agreement).
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