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Do you know how to use reflexive pronouns in French?
Welcome to Three Step French Practice by FrenchPod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice using reflexive pronouns with verbs.
Let's look at the main dialogue.
Two people are having a conversation.
Veux-tu te reposer d'abord ?
"Do you want to rest first?"
Non, pas vraiment. Allons d'abord à la plage.
"Not really. Let's go to the beach first."
te reposer
te
In te reposer, te is the reflexive pronoun that corresponds to tu, the informal singular "you."
Reflexive pronouns are used when the person doing the action is also the one receiving it—in other words, when someone performs an action on themselves.
These pronouns are always used with reflexive verbs, which are marked in dictionaries with "se" in front—like se laver, meaning "to wash oneself."
Let's look at the rest of the reflexive pronouns.
These pronouns match the subject of the sentence and are placed before the verb.
The reflexive pronouns are:
me for je "I,"
te for tu "you,"
se for il, elle, on "he, she, it,"
nous for nous "we,"
vous for vous "you" – formal or plural,
and se for ils, elles "they."
Let's practice using these reflexive pronouns in sentences during this lesson.

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