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Gérondif passé - Passif

 

8B

Gérondif passé – passif

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Passif direct

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Passif pronominal

 

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Passif direct – (Gérondif passé)

(Appendix C - Le Passif – The Passive Formats)

… en  +  ayant été  +  verbe principal (p.p.)(e.s.es)

(Note: When using the "Passif direct" format, the subject of the verb "être" must also be the direct object of the participe passé (p.p.) of the main verb, and because it also precedes the p.p., the p.p. agrees in gender and in number with that subject/direct object.)

 

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Examples:

 

Example 1 (masculin singulier)

 

En ayant été affecté à des postes à l'étranger, le directeur connaissait bien plusieurs pays.

By having been assigned to foreign posts, the (male) director knew several countries well.

By having gotten assigned to foreign posts, the (male) director knew several countries well.

 

Example 2 (féminin singulier)

 

En ayant été affectée à des postes à l'étranger, la directrice connaissait bien plusieurs pays.

By having been assigned to foreign posts, the (female) director knew several countries well.

By having gotten assigned to foreign posts, the (female) director knew several countries well.

 

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Passif pronominal – (Gérondif passé)

(Appendix H - Le Pronominal passif et impersonnel)

… en  +  s' (nom ou pronom, inanimé, – objet direct du verbe principal)  +  étant  +  verbe principal (p.p.)(e.s.es)

(Note: When using the "Passif pronominal (direct)" format, the reflexive pronoun is also the direct object (of the participe passé (p.p.) of the main verb) and it also precedes the p.p., so the p.p. agrees in gender and in number with that direct-object reflexive pronoun – ie. with the subject.)

 

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Examples:

 

Example 1 (masculin singulier)

 

En s'étant donné avant l'été, le cours n'était plus disponible.

By having been given before the summer, the course was no longer available.

 

Example 2 (féminin singulier)

 

En s'étant vendue avant l'été, la maison n'était plus disponible.

By having been sold before the summer, the house was no longer available.

By having gotten sold before the summer, the house was no longer available.

By having sold before the summer, the house was no longer available.