Reflexsive Verbs

Reflexive verbs describe actions that the person carries out for his/herself. You come across them quite often in French.

An example of one which you have probably come across already is... Je m’appelle

                                                                                                                             (I call myself)

There is always THREE parts to a reflexive verb. They are the

·         PERSONAL PRONOUN

·         REFLEXIVE PRONOUN

·         VERB

The personal pronoun is in etrê, which goes like...

Je    (I)                                                  Nous (we)

Tu   (you)                                             Vous (you plural)

Il/Elle/On (he/she/one)                    Ils/Elles (they masculine/feminine plural)

The you add a reflexive pronoun. They are...

Me                                                        Nous

Te                                                          Vous

Se                                                                 Se

Then you can add any verb that you like! Here is an example of one:

Se Laver (to wash yourself (infinitive))

Je me lave  
Tu te lave

Il/Elle/On se lave

Nous nous lavons

Vous vous lavez

Ils/Elles se lavent

Note that each of the verbs have still got either their ‘ir’, ‘er’, or ‘re’ endings, depending on what the end of the infinitive is!