Elles ont chanté ensemble. (en → fr) Topic is solved

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Elles ont chanté ensemble.

en: They sang together.

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[Basler Biker]

Elles ont chanté ensemble.

en: They sang together.

don't fall in a trap : with "avoir" the past participle does not change according to plural-feminin "elles".

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me:
why does "chanté" not get a suffix "ées" according to plural feminin "elles" in the sentence "elles ont chanté ensemble"

I had to regenerate 3 times to get the correct and sufficient answer...

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In French, the past participle "chanté" does not change its form to agree with the gender or number of the subject when used in compound tenses like the passé composé, unless the auxiliary verb "être" is used.

In the sentence "Elles ont chanté ensemble," the past participle "chanté" remains in its base form because it is conjugated with the auxiliary verb "avoir" (ont). The agreement with the subject (Elles) only applies when the auxiliary verb "être" is used.

For example, if you were to say "Elles sont allées ensemble" (They went together), the past participle "allées" agrees with the feminine plural subject "Elles" and takes the "ées" suffix to match both gender and number. In this case, "être" is the auxiliary verb.

However, in "Elles ont chanté ensemble" (They sang together), "ont chanté" uses "avoir" as the auxiliary verb, and the past participle "chanté" remains in its base form without agreement because it is not directly related to the subject's gender or number.