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Reflexive verbs: Verbs which need ‘me’ between the ‘je’ and the rest of the verb are called reflexive verbs. Je me lève Je me lave Je me douche Je me brosse les dents Je m’habille
The ‘me’ really means ‘myself’ Je me Je me works if we want to talk about ourselves, but what if we want to ask other people, or talk about what other people do?.
Start with what we know: Jeme lève We need to change the word ‘I’ to the word for ‘you’. Tu Now we need to change the ‘me’ from ‘myself’ to ‘yourself’. Any guesses? te Finally we need to change the verb. It’s a regular –er verb, so what do we do to it? s
Can you change these reflexive verbs from ‘I’ to ‘you’? Je me réveille Je me lave Je me douche Je me brosse les dents Je m’habille Remember! There are three changes you need to make!
Vérifions! Tu te réveilles Tu te laves Tu te douches Tu te brosses les dents Tu t’habilles
A quelle heure tu te réveilles? Jemeréveille heures àsept 07h00
A quelle heure tu te lèves? Jemelèveheuresàsept etquart 07h15
A quelle heure tu te laves? Jemelaveheuresàsept vingt 07h20
A quelle heure tu t’habilles? Jem’habilleheuresàsept etdemie 07h30
How about talking about what someone else does? If we’re talking about someone else’s morning routine, we need to use the words for he and she.
Start with ‘he’: lèveIlse Now what about ‘she’: Elle
Can you change these reflexive verbs from ‘I’ to ‘he/she’? Je me réveille Je me lave Je me douche Je me brosse les dents Je m’habille
Vérifions! Il / elle se réveille Il / elle se lave Il / elle se douche Il / elle se brosse les dents Il / elle s’habille