Question

I don't know when I should add an e to indicate female in verbs/tenses
Is the following correct ?


je me lave (masculine)
or
je me lavee (female)

il se lave
elle se lavee

Many thanks

Dympna

Answer 1

Don't worry about the Present, Future, Conditional, etc.

Je me lave = whether masculine or feminine BUT in the passé composé:

je me suis lavé (masculine)
je me suis lavée (feminine)

Sra (aka Mme)

Answer 2

P.S. One tricky thing I haven't explained is with Reflexive Verbs (Prénominal)

Past Participles of reflexive verbs agree in gender and number with the preceding direct object (if there is one):

Ils se sont arrêtés court. (They stopped short.)

Où sont les cravates qu'il s'est achetées? (Where are the ties he bought for himself?)

Elle s'est brosée. (She brushed herself.)

BUT. . . . .

Elle s'est brossé les cheveux. (She brushed her hair.) = following direct object

Nous nous serions écrit. (We would have written to each other.) = indirect object here because the direct object is letter, post card, or whatever we wrote

Ils ne se sont pas rappelé la rue. (They didn't remember the street.) = following direct object

No agreement with parler which takes an indirect object, as in "Nous nous sommes parlé." = to each other = indirect object

Reminder about past participles used as adjectives and then they agree with the noun they modify.

Les bijoux étaient cachés. (The jewels were hidden.)

Je dis que le latin n'est pas une langue morte. (I say Latin is not a dead language.)

Isn't the past participle fun?!!

Sra (aka Mme)