lazwarz

[gentle cradle]

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[topaz island]

reflexive verbs always use être for the passé composé

[cinder thistle]

thank you!!

for other tenses is it different?

and dependant on context or something

[topaz island]

what do you mean?

other tenses do not use être or avoir

[cinder thistle]

ohh

right yes

[little ridge]

For compound tenses (such as le passé composé, le plus-que-parfait, le futur antérieur, and suchlike), they also use the « être » auxiliary.

Par exemple...

• Je me suis evanoui hier.
  -# ** ** ("I fainted yesterday.")

[cinder thistle]

ohh yes

okay

thank you!

[topaz island]

yes, i guess text books will tell talk about the plus que parfait as a distinct tense using an auxiliary

[cinder thistle]

will verbs ever not take etre if they are reflexive

[little ridge]

No.

As a rule of thumb, if a verb is reflexive, then it will always use the « être » auxiliary.

[cinder thistle]

yes okay this makes it simpler haha thank you so much

[twin bridge]

Worth noting that despite having être as an auxiliary, they otherwise function more like avoir verbs

But that's probably too advanced of a concept for now

[cinder thistle]

what do u mena by function

mean

[twin bridge]

There are some more complex rules that change what the past participle looks like depending on certain rules, which are different for être verbs and avoir verbs
Reflexive/pronominal verbs use the same rules as avoir verbs

You don't need to know that for now though