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Reflexive Verbs in French

Reflexive Verbs in French. What are ‘Reflexive Verbs’ ?. In English and in French reflexive verbs are doing words which you do to yourself. I wash myself I get myself up I call myself. Je me lave. Je me leve. Je m’ appelle.

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Reflexive Verbs in French

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  1. Reflexive Verbs in French

  2. What are ‘Reflexive Verbs’ ? In English and in French reflexive verbs are doing words which you do to yourself. I wash myself I get myself up I call myself Je me lave. Je me leve. Je m’ appelle.

  3. Let’s remind ourselves what verbs are all about. ……

  4. Verbs are doing, being or having words.

  5. Here are some common examples to buy to listen to watch to like to go to have to finish to do to read acheter ecouter regarder aimer aller avoir finir faire lire } } } } } end in ‘er’ } } end in ‘ir’ } } end in ‘re’

  6. Why do verbs change ? In English and French, verb endings change when linked to a PRONOUN. PRONOUN (I) (you) (he) (she) nous vous ils elles je tu il elle (we) (you) (they) (they)

  7. Patterns Luckily most verb endings in French follow a regular pattern. The pattern depends on whether the VERB INFINITIVE ends in: ‘er’ – habiter aimer ‘ir’ – finir choisir ‘re’ – vendre attendre We’ll concentrate on the most common form – ‘er’ verbs

  8. Verbs ending in ‘er’: Take off ‘er’, add e es e e ons ez ent ent e.g. ‘habiter’ – ‘to live’ (je) j’ tu il elle nous vous ils elles habite habites habite habite habitons habitez habitent habitent (live) (live) (lives) (lives) (live) (live) (live) (live) (I) (you) (he) (she) (we) (you) (they) (they)

  9. Here are some examples of reflexive verbs to wash (oneself) to get (oneself) up to call (oneself) to wake (oneself) up to shower (oneself) to get (oneself) dressed / to dress to get (oneself) to bed / to go to bed se laver se lever s’ appeler se reveiller se doucher s’ habiller se coucher

  10. What is so different about reflexive verbs ?

  11. In French, the ‘reflexive’ part of the verb (reflexive pronoun) also changes, as well as the verb ending. It changes depending on who is speaking (the pronoun). (I call myself) Je m’ appelle (ending changes) main verb pronoun reflexivepronoun

  12. Here is how it changes: e.g. ‘se laver’ – ‘to wash (oneself)’ lave laves lave lave lavons lavez lavent lavent me te se se nous vous se se je tu il elle nous vous ils elles myself yourself himself herself ourselves yourself themselves themselves I you he she we you they they wash wash washes washes wash wash wash wash

  13. Remember, we have to change the ‘se’ part of the verb, and the verb ending, depending on the pronoun.

  14. Now try these simple exercises: Change the verb in brackets to it’s correct form. • Je (se appeller) Bob. • Il (se appeller) Bob. • Comment tu (se appeller). • Je (se lever) à six heures. • Nous (se coucher) à onze heures. • Elle (se reveiller) quand ? • Vous (se laver) àdix heures • Ils (se doucher) àsept heures. Je m’ appelle Bob. Il s’ appelle Bob. Comment tu t’ appelles ? Je me leve à six heures. Nous nous couchonsàonze heures. Elle se reveille quand ? Vous vous lavez àdix heures. Ils se douchentàsept heures. …easy…

  15. So try these too: Again, change the verb ‘avoir’ to it’s correct form. Nous nous habillons. Vous vous levez tot. Je me lave doucement. Elles se reveillent a cinq heures. Tu te laves les dents. Vous vous appellez M Shrimpton. Tu te couches tard. Je me leve a sept heures. • Nous (se habiller). • Vous (se lever) tot. • Je (se laver) doucement. • Elles (se reveiller) a cinq heures. • Tu (se laver) les dents. • Vous (se appeller) M. Shrimpton. • Tu (se coucher) tard. • Je (se lever) a sept heures. …Well done !!

  16. That’s it !! (It’s a bit more tricky in the past tense).

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