Reflexive Verbs

Present tense

The reflexive pronoun se is placed in front of a conjugating verb and corresponds to an adequate person so it is changed:

se laver to wash oneself
je me lave I wash myself
tu te laves you wash yourself
il/elle/on se lave he/she/it washes himself/herself/itself
nous nous lavons we wash ourselves
vous vous lavez you wash yourselves
ils/elles se lavent they wash themselves

Reflexive verbs in negative:

ne pas se reposer
je ne me repose pas
tu ne te reposes pas
il/elle/on ne se repose pas
nous ne nous reposons pas
vous ne vous reposez pas
ils/elles ne se reposent pas

Note:
If a verb is in infinitive,both negative particles are placed in front of the verbs

If a verb begins in a vowel or silent “h”, the reflexive pronouns me, te, se are shortened by apostrophe:

s’appeler
je m’appelle
tu t’appelles
il/elle/on s’appelle
nous nous appelons
vous vous appelez
ils/elles s’appellent

Note:
The verb appeler is subject to similar spelling and phonetic changes as in the already known verb acheter.

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Grammar
Summary of Grammar Terminology
Question
Negation
Gender of the Nouns
Plural
Article
Dependent Possessive Pronouns
Dependent Demonstrative Pronouns
Dependent Interrogative Pronoun of “quel” (= what, which)
Agreement of Adjectives
Adjective Placement
Subject Pronouns
Object Pronouns
Stressed Independent Personal Pronouns
Auxiliary Verbs
Class 1 Verbs
Class 2 Verbs
Verbs Ending in “-re”
Irregular verbs
Class 1 Verbs
Verbs Ending in “-ir” and “-re”
Forming the Past Compound Tense
Using the Auxiliary Verbs
Forming the Past Participle
Immediate Future
Recent Past
Summary of Grammar Terminology
Adjectives
Adverbs
Nouns
Formation of Adverbs
Simple Adverbs
Time Expressions
Pronoun „tout“
Pronouns „tout, tous“
Intensifying Cleft Sentences
Pronouns of Indirect Object
Pronouns “en” and “y”
Relative Pronouns
Extended Interrogative Independent Pronouns
Agreement of Past Participle
Reflexive Verbs
Imperfect
Conditional
Future tense
Subjunctive
Conjugation of Auxiliary Verbs
List of Conjugations
Grammar - Facettes plus
Questions
Negation
Emphasizing Sentence Constructions “c’est... qui”, “c’est... que”
Gender of the Nouns
Plural
Articles
Dependent Possessive Pronouns
Dependent Demonstrative Pronouns
Dependent Interrogative Pronoun of “quel” (= what, which)
Indefinite Pronouns
Agreement of Adjectives
Adjective Placement
Comparison of Adjectives
Comparison of Adverbs
Nouns - Comparing
Formation of Adverbs
Irregular Adverbs
Placement of an Adverb in a Sentence
Time details
Subject Pronouns
Stressed Independent Personal Pronouns
Direct Object Pronouns
Pronouns of Indirect Object
Pronouns “en” and “y”
Order of Two Pronouns in a Sentence
Relative Pronouns
Extended Interrogative Independent Pronouns
Independent Demonstrative Pronoun
Independent Possessive Pronoun
Indefinite Pronouns
Verbs
Present Tense
Auxiliary Verbs “avoir” and “être”
Class 1 Verbs (Ended in „-er“)
Verbs of the 2nd Class (Ended in „-ir“)
Verbs Ended in “-re”. Paradigm: “vendre”
Reflexive Verbs
Imperative of the 1st Class Verbs Ended in “-er”
Imperative of Reflexive Verbs
Imperative of the Rest of Verbs
Placement of Pronouns in Imperative
Forming Compound Past Tense (passé composé)
Using the Auxiliary Verbs “avoir” and “être”
Reflexive Verbs
Forming the Past Participle (participe passé)
Agreement of Past Participle in “passé composé”
Forming
Usage
Forming
Usage
Forms
Usage
Close Past (passé récent)
Close Future (futur proche)
Forming
Usage of the Present Conditional
Usage of the Future Tense
Forming
Usage
Forms
Usage
Idioms and Verbs Connected to Subjunctive (Subjonctif)
Subjunctive after Conjunctions
Infinitive or Subjunctive (subjonctif)
Forming
Usage
Participle (gérondif)
Forming
Usage
Replacing the Passive
Forming
Changes in the Reported Speech
Forming
Change in the Indirect Question
Conjugation of Auxiliary Verbs
List of Conjugations