Breakdown of J'ai regardé les photos, je les ai toutes vues.
je
I
avoir
to have
regarder
to watch
voir
to see
Questions & Answers about J'ai regardé les photos, je les ai toutes vues.
Why do we use toutes here instead of just saying je les ai vues?
Adding toutes emphasizes that you saw all of them, not just some. It acts as an indefinite pronoun. Since it refers back to les photos (feminine plural), it takes the feminine plural form toutes.
Why does toutes go between the helper verb ai and the past participle vues?
In compound tenses like the passé composé, short pronouns like tous or toutes are usually placed between the conjugated auxiliary verb (ai) and the past participle (vues). You would not typically say je les ai vues toutes.
Why is there an -es at the end of vues?
This is a strict rule in written French: when a direct object comes before a verb conjugated with avoir, the past participle must agree with it. Here, the direct object pronoun les (standing for the feminine plural photos) comes before ai, so we add -es to vu.
The current lesson mentions pronouncing the final 's' in the pronoun tous. Do I pronounce the 's' in toutes here?