Reflexive Verbs

Reflexive verbs work like other verbs, but with the addition of the reflexive pronouns.

Je me
On se
Tu te
Nous nous
Il se
Vous vous
Elle se
Ils / Elles se

Examples:

Je me lève- I wash myself

Nous nous brossons les dents- We brush our teeth

It is one in which the person or thing doing the action does it to him / her / itself.

The verb is reflexive when:

  • the subject suffers the action him / her / itself

Je me rase à sept heures et demie

  • the action occurs between two or more subjects
Vous vous opposez sans cesse
  • as a way of expressing a passive action

Le vin se boit frais

  • with certain verbs which need an object pronoun to complete their sense

Il s'est précipité du balcon

 

*Remember-All reflexive verbs form their perfect tense with être*

 

 

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