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| What are the reflexive pronouns? |
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me - myself
te - yourself
se - himself
nous - ourselves
vous - yourself or yourselves
se - themselves or each other |
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| What is a reflexive verb and how can you tell it apart from other verbs? |
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indicates that the subject is performing an action on or for itself. It is always accompanied by a reflexive pronoun (me, te) which refers to the subject of the verb.
You can tell a reflexive verb because it has 'se' in front |
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| How do you create a negative reflexive sentence? |
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| personal pronoun + ne + reflexive pronoun + reflexive verb + pas |
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| Can a reflexive verb follow another verb? |
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| Yes, the first verb is conjugated and the reflexive verb remains infinitive e.g. je + conjugated verb + reflexive pronoun + infinitive reflexive verb |
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| How do you create an affirmative command using reflexive verbs and how does te change in this sentence structure? |
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reflexive verb + (-) + reflexive pronoun
te changes to toi (and 's' dropped from verb) |
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| How do you create a negative command with reflexive verbs? |
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| ne + reflexive pronoun + reflexive verb + pas |
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| Question time? e.g. what amuses you? |
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est-ce que tu t'amuses?
t'amuses-tu? |
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| What is the key difference in using a verb reflexively to using it non-reflexively? |
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| When used reflexively, the subject and object are the same person while non-reflexively they are different. |
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| What's a reciprocal verb? |
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| Two or more people are performing actions on or for each other rather than on or for themselves (using reflexive pronouns to indicate thus) |
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| What reflexive pronouns can be used for reciprocal verbs and why? |
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Nous (nous); Vous (vous) and ils (se)
Because they are doing to each other only plural pronouns can be used |
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| How do you emphasise / avoid confusion in a reciprocal sentence? |
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Use the following after the verb:
a) l'un(e) l'autre (each other)
b) les un(e)s les autres (one another) |
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| Say in French they look at themselves and they all look at one another |
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ils se regardent
ils se regardent les uns les autres |
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| s'amuser: to have a good time |
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| débrouiller: to straighten out |
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| se débrouiller: to get by , to manage |
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| dépêcher: to send quickly |
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| s'habituer à: to get used to |
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| s'inquiéter (de): to worry about |
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| rendre compte: to account for |
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| se rendre compte de: to realise |
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Se doucher (prendre une douche)
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