Transcript Les verbes réfléchis

Les verbes réfléchis
Telling what people do for
themselves
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La norme: Comparisons 4.1:
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Understanding the nature of langue through
making comparisons
La question essentielle:
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What do reflexive verbs show?
How are reflexive verbs conjugated?
Reflexive verbs:
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In French, when the subject (the doer) of
the verb is also the direct object (the
receiver of the action) the verb must be
‘reflexive’
Reflexive verbs show that the action of the
verb goes back, is reflected back, onto the
subject.
Compare the sentences:
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Anne brosse le chien.
Who is she brushing?
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Anne se brosse les
cheveux.
Who is she brushing?
What is the difference?
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In this picture Anne is
performing the action
and the dog is
receiving it.
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In this picture Anne is
doing AND receiving
the action.
Because of this, the
verb must be reflexive.
How to make a verb reflexive
In the sentence:
Anne se brosse les cheveux.
the pronoun se refers to Anne and is called
a ‘reflexive pronoun’.
The use of a reflexive pronoun indicates
that the action of the verb is reflected back
to the subject
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Each subject pronoun has its own
corresponding pronoun.
Se laver: To wash (one’s self)
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Je me lave
I wash (myself)
Tu te laves
You wash (yourself)
Il (Paul) se lave
He washes (himself)
Elle (Anne) se lave
She washes (herself)
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Nous nous lavons
We wash (ourselves)
Vous vous lavez
You wash (yourself/selves)
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Ils se lavent
They wash (themselves)
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Elles se lavent
They wash (themselves)
S’habiller – to get (one’s self) dressed
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Je m’habille
Tu t’habilles
Il (Paul) s’habille
Elle (Anne) s’habille**
** Anne gets dressed,
is getting dressed,
does get dressed
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Nous nous habillons
Vous vous habillez
Ils s’habillent
Elles s’habillent
In a negative sentence:
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The ne is placed in front of the reflexive
pronoun and the pas goes after the verb:
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Je me réveille mais je ne me lève pas tout
de suite
Nous ne nous rasons pas tous les jours
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Some common reflexive verbs:
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Se révéiller – to wake up
Se lever – to get up
Se coucher – to go to bed
S’endormir – to go to sleep
Se laver (les mains)– to wash (hands)
Se brosser ( les dents) – to brush (teeth)
Se raser - to shave
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Se peigner – to comb one’s hair
Se maquiller – to put on make up
S’habiller – to get dressed
S’appeler – to be named (to call one’s self)
Conjuguez s’endormir!
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Je m’endors
Tu t’endors
Il s’endort
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Nous nous endormons
Vous vous endormez
Ils s’endorment