Les Verbes Pronominaux Reflexive Verbs Mr A Stagogiannis

Les Verbes Pronominaux / Reflexive Verbs Mr A. Stagogiannis Lundi le 13 octobre, 2008

What is the meaning? – Qu’est-ce qu’il signifie? • Je mange le chien • I eat the dog • Je lave le chien • I wash the dog • Je me lave • I wash myself • Reflexive verbs reflect back on the SUBJECT!

Les Verbes Promnominaux – Present Tense • The majority of REFLEXIVE VERBS are REGULAR –ER verbs in French, with a few exceptions. • So, to create the PRESENT TENSE for a REFLEXIVE VERB, we follow the same rules as for the PRESENT TENSE for REGULAR VERBS, EXCEPT WE PLACE THE DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUN DIRECTLY AFTER THE SUBJECT. • The Cake, therefore looks like this….

Le gâteau et les ingrédients SUBJECT DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUN INFINITIVE STEM ENDING Notice how all the other ingredients are the same as our PRESENT TENSE CAKE for Regular Verbs! The DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUN goes directly after the SUBJECT!

Put all together, it looks like this…. • NOTICE THE COLOURS THAT CORRESPOND TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: • SUBJECT • DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUN • PRESENT TENSE VERB • CHECK THE NEXT SLIDE FOR THE COMPLETE SENTENCES, FOLLOWING THE CAKE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM!

SUBJECTS and DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS with the VERB • JE ME LAVE • TU TE LAVES • IL / ELLE / ON / CE SE LAVE • • ------------------NOUS LAVONS VOUS LAVEZ ILS / ELLES SE LAVENT • I WASH MYSELF • YOU WASH YOURSELF • HE / SHE / ONE / IT WASHES ITSELF • ------------------ • WE WASH OURSELVES • YOU WASH YOURSELVES • THEY WASH THEMSELVES CHECK THE NEXT SLIDE FOR A LIST OF ALL THE MOST COMMON REFLEXIVE VERBSS!

Voilà une liste des verbes pronominaux principaux s'approcher de to approach (one's hands, one's face) se lever to get up s'asseoir to sit down se maquiller to put on makeup se baigner to bathe, swim se brosser (les cheveux, les dents) to se marier (avec) to get married (to) brush (one's hair, one's teeth) se moquer de to make fun of (someone else) se casser (la jambe) to break (one's leg) se moucher to blow one's nose se coiffer to fix one's hair se peigner to comb one's hair se promener to take a walk se coucher to go to bed se raser to shave se couper to cut oneself se regarder to look at oneself se déshabiller to get undressed se reposer to rest se doucher to take a shower se réveiller to wake up se fâcher to get angry se souvenir de to remember s'habiller to get dressed se laver (les mains, la figure) to wash

Le Passé Composé • All REFLEXIVE VERBS are IRREGULAR! • Therefore they ALL go with ÊTRE as an Auxiliary Verb • …Therefore they must agree with the subject! (SENSITIVE). • Take a look at the next slide to see how this works…

Le Passé Composé with Reflexive Verbs • • JE ME SUIS LAVÉ(E) TU T’ES LAVÉ(E) IL / ELLE / ON / CE S’EST LAVÉ(E) ------------------NOUS SOMMES LAVÉ(E)(S) VOUS ÊTES LAVÉ(E)(S) ILS / ELLES SE SONT LAVÉ(E)(S)