2. When joined to the verb _être_, it is a true adjective.

Les vérités qui ont été _dites_, _The truths that have been said._

Les femmes sont _parties_, _The women have left._

L'affaire a été _réglée_, _The business has been settled._

3. When, however, the verb is an accidental reflective originating from

a transitive, then the Participle Past agrees with its direct object

only when preceded by it; when followed after, it is invariable.

Quelles dures vérités ils se sont _dites_,

_What hard truths they have told each other!_

Ils se sont _dit_ de dures vérités,

_They have told each other some hard truths._

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4. When it is derived from an intransitive verb, the Participle Past is

always invariable.

Ils _or_ elles se sont _plu_, _They have pleased each other._

Ils _or_ elles se sont _nui_, _They have injured each other._

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