Reflexive, reciprocal Flashcards

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1
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Vous vous quittez sur le quai de la gare

A

You leave on the station platform

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2
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Reciprocal verbs describe an action two or more people perform…

A

For or WITH each other.

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3
Q

Reflexive verbs is used for actions..

A

Being done to ones self

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4
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Elles se retrouvent devant la brasserie

A

They find themselves before the brewery

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Nous nous rencontrons toujours par hasard dans la rue

A

We always meet by chance in the street

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Passive pronominals.
The subject is not a person, animal. The subject does not perform the action but rather is subjected to it. Third person singular with SE

ça ne se dit

A

This is not said

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ça ne se fait pas

A

This is not done

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8
Q

Comment ça se traduit

A

How is that translated?

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9
Q

Ça ce voit

A

It shows

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10
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Le vin rouge se boit chambré

A

Red wine is drunk at room temperature

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Subjective pronominals. Verbs that just happen to us the pronominal forms. Memorise the infinitives with the pronoun se

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Elle s’en va. - she is leaving

Il se doute de quelque chose. He suspects something.

Ils s’entendent très bien. - they get along very well

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Subjective pronominals

S’apercevoir

A

To realize.

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Subjective pronominals

S’écrouler

A

To collapse

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Subjective pronominals

S’emparer

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To seize, capture, grab

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Subjective pronominals

S’évanouir

A

To faint

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16
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Se moquer

A

To make fun

17
Q

Subjective pronominals

Se souvenir

A

To remember

18
Q

Subjective pronominals

S’en aller

A

To leave

19
Q

Subjective pronominals

S’envoler

A

To vanish

20
Q

Subjective pronominals

S’enfuir

A

To run away

21
Q

Vous vous servez d’un nouvel appareil

A

You are using a new device

22
Q

Je me rende compte de mon erreur

A

I realise my error

23
Q

Tu te demandes ce qui va se passer

A

You ask yourself what will happen

24
Q

Vous vous servez

A

You use

25
Q

Pronominal verbs are often used in the imperative and the infinitive to give..

A

Commands

26
Q

Let’s rest on a bench!

A

Reposons-nous sur un banc

27
Q

Get dressed!

A

Habillez-vous

28
Q

Negative imperative

Ne te couche pas si tard!

A

Do not go to bed so late!

29
Q

ne nous servons pas de cette machine!

A

Let’s not use this machine!

30
Q

Ne vous installez pas dans cette région!

A

Do not settle in this region!

31
Q

When reflexive verbs are used in the infinitive like with aller (going to) and venir (just did ..) the reflexive pronoun is always in the same number and person as the subject.

Vous allez vous apercevoir de votre erreur

Did you just get married?

A

You are going to realize your mistake

Tu viens de te marier?

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We just realize the consequences

A

Nous venons de nous rendre compte des conséquences

33
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We want to write more often

A

Nous voulons nous écrire plus souvent

34
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Nous ne pouvons pas nous plaindre de la situation

A

We can not complain about the situation

35
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Ils communiquent sans cesse. ils s’écrivent

A

They communicate constantly. They write.