rileireid

[quaint ravine]

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[boreal vale]

il faut utiliser un pronom d'objet indirect ici ! "se" n'est jamais utilisé pour parler de quelqu'un d'autre.
on se brosse les dents => impersonnel et réfléchi
je lui brosse les dents => I am brushing his/her teeth

[hollow prism]

Mais généralement si le pronom d’objectif n’est pas même as the subject, la verbe n’est pas réfléchi?

Ex. I put her to bed = Je lui couche

Or

We put her to bed= On te couche?

Or does a verb being reflexive imply it’s happening to the same subject in the first place? As in it’s no longer reflexive once these two disagree?

[boreal vale]

reflexive means the object and the subject are the same, yes!
"se" is only reflexive!
Il se parle => he's talking to himself
Il lui parle => he's talking to him/her (someone else)

-# btw when I said "on se brosse les dents" is impersonal, but "on" can be personal or impersonal

[trim zodiac]

Btw this should be « je la couche » and « on la couche » respectively as « coucher » takes a direct object. « lui » is indirect only.