Reflexive Verbs
Reflexive verbs are verbs in French which are conjugated with the corresponding pronouns as the subjects and the objects of them are the same.
For example: Je is conjugated with me in the below example
Tu is conjugated with te in the below example
Se laver – to wash oneself
Je me lave – I wash myself
Nous nous lavons – we are washing ourselves/we wash ourself
Tu te laves – you wash yourself
Vous vous lavez – you wash yourself (senior/respect/formal)
Il se lave – He is washing himself
ils se lavent – They wash themselves (m) or mix
Elle se lave – She is washing herself
Elles se Lavent – They was themselves (f)
Some commonly used Reflexive verbs are as follows –
| Verbs | Pronunciation | English |
| Se re’veiller | se ray-vayye | to wake oneself up |
| Se lever | se levey | to get up |
| Se laver | se lavey | to wash oneself up |
| Se baigner | se baenye | to bathe |
| Se savonner | se saavoney | to soap oneself |
| Se se’cher | se sechey | to dry oneself |
| Se de’pe^cher | se theypechey | to hurry oneself up |
| Se reposer | se reposey | to relax |
| Se raser | se raasey | to shave by oneself |
| Se chausser | Se Shaussey | to wear shoes by oneself |
| S’ habiller | Sabiye | to dress oneself up |
| Se de’shabiller | Se desabiye | to undress oneself |
| Se coucher | se cooshey | to go to bed by oneself |
| S’endormir | sendhormeer | to fall asleep by oneself |
** Sometimes “se” in such verbs is also used in reciprocal manner
Example:
Nous rencontrons = we meet each other
We will see the above in time permits