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*Toutes les étudiants se sont regardés. | *Toutes les étudiants se sont regardés. | ||
All the students looked at each other. | All the students looked at each other. | ||
==Not all pronominal verbs are reflective or reciprocal== | |||
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Not all pronominal verbs are reflective or reciprocal | |||
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*Essentially pronominal verbs like: "se souvenir", "s'abstenir", "s'en aller" ... (to remember, to abstain, to go away ...) | *Essentially pronominal verbs like: "se souvenir", "s'abstenir", "s'en aller" ... (to remember, to abstain, to go away ...) | ||
Revision as of 15:27, 2 December 2021
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs
Reflexive pronominal verb
A reflexive pronominal verb expresses an action that the subject does on himself:
- Tu te laves.
You wash yourself.
Reciprocal pronominal verb
The reciprocal pronominal verb expresses an action both accomplished and received by each of the actors in the action.
- Toutes les étudiants se sont regardés.
All the students looked at each other.
Not all pronominal verbs are reflective or reciprocal
There are:
- Essentially pronominal verbs like: "se souvenir", "s'abstenir", "s'en aller" ... (to remember, to abstain, to go away ...)
- Passive pronominal verbs such as: "se fabriquer", "se faire", "se vendre" .... (to build, to make, to sell ...)
- Active verbs that change their meaning in the pronominal form, such as: "s'attraquer à", "se passer de" ... (to tackle, to do without ...)
Video: reflexive and reciprocal verbs
- Reflexive verbs are very common in French. All you need to know is which reflective pronoun to use and where it goes in the sentence (including the negative sentence).
- Reciprocal verbs are a form of pronominal verbs. Reflexive or pronominal verbs are used in all tenses.