French exercises / A2 / Verbs & tensesse lever, se souvenir: reflexive pronouns and their agreement.
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Reflexive verbs (verbes pronominaux)
A reflexive verb carries a pronoun that matches its subject: je me lève, tu te lèves. In the passé composé they all take être without exception, and the participle usually agrees with the subject, but not when a direct object follows the verb.
Read the full explanationVerbes pronominaux: worked examples
Five from the set, with the answer filled in and the rule that decides it.
- 01
Bonjour, je m'appelle Julie et voici mon frère.
me loses its e before a vowel: je m'appelle.
- 02
Tu te lèves à quelle heure ?
The pronoun matches the subject: je me, tu te, il se.
- 03
Nous nous promenons dans le parc le dimanche.
nous is both subject and pronoun; the verb still takes -ons.
- 04
Les enfants s'amusent dans le jardin.
The pronoun is se for il and for ils; only the ending changes.
- 05
Le matin, mon frère ne se dépêche jamais.
The action comes back on the subject, so the pronoun is se, not le.