5/30/2023 0 Comments What is a reflexive verb![]() ![]() The interrogative form of reflexive verbs in French Once again, the only main difference is the addition of the reflexive pronouns. Ils/elles se sont lavé.e.s (they washed themselves)Ĭhoose your plan What about the interrogative and negative forms?īy and large, the rules are the same for reflexive verbs as for non-reflexive verbs. Vous vous êtes lavé.e.s (you washed yourself) Nous nous sommes lavé.e.s (we washed ourselves) The reflexive pronoun is placed before the auxiliary verb: Reflexive verbs ![]() This means that the past participle of the verb agrees in gender and in number with the subject pronoun. Ils/elles se laveront (they will wash themselves)įor compound tenses like le passé composé, reflexive verbs use the verb être (to be) as the auxiliary verb. Ils/elles se lavaient (they used to wash themselves) Vous vous laverez (you will wash yourself) Vous vous laviez (you used to wash yourself/yourselves) Nous nous laverons (we will wash ourselves) Nous nous lavions (we used to wash ourselves) Il/elle/on se lavera (he/she/one will wash himself/herself/oneself) Il/elle/on se lavait (he/she/one used to wash himself/herself/oneself) The rule is the same for other simple tenses, like the future tense and the imperfect tense: Imperfect Tense Ils/elles se lavent (they wash themselves) Vous vous lavez (you wash yourself/yourselves) Il/elle/on se lave (he/she/one washes himself/herself/oneself) Here is an example with the verbs laver (to wash) and se laver (to get washed) in the present tense: Non-reflexive verb The only difference is the reflexive pronouns, which change according to the subject pronoun. They follow the same rules of conjugation. Quite a large number of reflexive verbs are -er verbs. ![]() What are the rules of conjugation of French reflexive verbs? Je réveille les enfants (I wake up the children) Je prépare la réunion (I prepare the meeting) You can use one or the other, depending on who or what the object of the action is: Reflexive verbs It’s also worth noting reflexive verbs often have a non-reflexive counterpart, without the reflexive pronouns. This is marked by the reflexive pronouns, which come before the verb itself. ![]() Put simply, you’re doing something to yourself, and not to someone or something else. Reflexive verbs depict actions in which the subject and the object of the action are the same person. ![]()
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