Supplementary vocabulary · Related words

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le suivi	/sɥi.vi/	following, follow-up		un suivi d’un projet	a follow-up of a project
suivi(e)	/sɥi.vi/	continual
liste de suivi		watchlist
la poursuite	/puʁ.sɥit/, [puʁsyit]	pursuit, chase		Ce chien est ardent à la poursuite du lièvre.	This dog is eager for the pursuit of the hare.
le poursuivant	/puʁ.sɥi.vɑ̃/	pursuer, prosecutor		Il y a deux ou trois poursuivants qui demandent cette charge, cet emploi. Cette femme a beaucoup de poursuivants.	There are two or three pursuers who seek that office, that job. This woman has a lot of pursuers.

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Supplementary vocabulary · Related words

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la naissance	/nɛ.sɑ̃s/	birth		au jour de sa naissance; le lieu de sa naissance; son lieu de naissance; la naissance du monde	on the day of his birth; the place of his birth; his birthplace; the start of the birth
donner naissance	/dɔ.ne.nɛ.sɑ̃s/	to give birth
la renaissance	/ʁənɛsɑ̃s/	rebirth		La renaissance du phénix est une fable.	The rebirth of the phoenix is a fable.
la natalité	/na.ta.li.te/	birthrate		On vient de publier la statistique de la natalité française pendant l'année dernière.	We just published the statistics of the French birth rate during the last year.
naissant(e)	/nɛ.sɑ̃/	emerging		jour naissant; passion naissante	daybreak; emerging passion

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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

In perfect tenses, these verbs agree with the direct object if it goes before the verb. Otherwise, the past participle agrees with the subject.

Elle s'est souvenue. (She remembered.)

Le chien s'est couché. (The dog lay down.)

Note that assis(e)(es), the past participle of s'asseoir (to sit), does not change in the masculine plural form.