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terse pike
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After (presumably) doing your own research on this topic, what is it that you still find confusing about them?

The gist of it is that a verb becomes reflexive when its action is done to its own subject.

For example: "I'm talking to myself" is "Je me parle". That's the verb "se parler", which is the reflexive form of "parler".

hoary granite
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just some reassurance, so whenever ur reflecting a verb back to yourself or another, it is done in present tense but it can be in the passe composee as well as the imparfait? also future tense?

terse pike
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It can be in any tense. Just like how you can say "I talked to myself", or "I would have talked to myself", or "I will talk to myself", you can similarly conjugate it in French.

swift girder
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reflexive verbs are verbs that use a reflexive pronoun
"se lever" for instance, you can notice it's a reflexive verb because of "se" in front of it
je me lève
tu te lèves
il se lève
etc
You have to use a reflexive pronoun that matches the subject, the main verb is conjugated the same as other verbs

hoary granite
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it doesnt change for feminine? so like sa or ta or ma?

swift girder
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it doesn't

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hoary granite
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ohh ok thank you so much i see

terse pike
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No, the reflexive pronoun doesn't change for feminine.

  • Je me <verb> = I <verb> myself
  • Tu te <verb> = you <verb> yourself
  • Il se <verb> = he <verb> himself
  • Elle se <verb> = she <verb> herself
  • Nous nous <verb> = we <verb> ourselves
  • Vous vous <verb> = you <verb> yourselves
  • Ils se <verb> = they <verb> themselves
  • Elles se <verb> = they <verb> themselves
unreal pond
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While the reflexive pronouns don’t change for gender, in the compound tenses their past participles do change if the verb is direct.

hoary granite
unreal pond
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Il s’est vu / Ils se sont vus
Elle s’est vue / Elles se sont vues

swift girder
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note that while some verbs denote an action done to oneself, it's not the only purpose of reflexive verbs. Such purposes include:

  • actions done to oneself (s'arrêter = to stop oneself)
  • reciprocal actions (se croiser = to pass each other)
  • passive actions (se manger = to be edible)
  • something else entirely (s'attendre = to expect)
  • can only be reflexive (s'enfuir = to run away)
hoary granite
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yea i see now!

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this has been really helpful thank you all appreciate it

swift girder