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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