Français II/Leçon 3 - Common Irregular Verbs; Reflexive Verbs

Courses in French Course #1: Français I Course #2: Français II Course #3: Français III Course #4: Français IV Français II Lessons in Français II Leçon 1 - The Perfect Tense Leçon 2 - Starting to understand the French pronoun Leçon 3 - Common Irregular Verbs; Reflexive Verbs Leçon 4 - The Simple Future

Common irregular verbs Irregular verbs have slightly different conjugation rules then other verbs. So far you have already encountered avoir and être as the first two, but there are other verbs that change wildly. Aller: Je vais Tu vas Il va Nous allons Vous allez Ils vont Venir: Je viens Tu viens Il vient Nous venons Vous venez Ils viennent Reflexive verbs Reflexive verbs is used with a pronoun that indicates the same person or thing as the subject. In French, a reflexive verb is called verbe pronominal réfléchi. Let's take the example of the verb se lever which means to get up. Se lever: Je me lève Tu te lèves Il se lève Nous nous levons Vous vous levez Ils se lèvent Some commonly used reflexive verbs are: French English se lever to get up se réveiller to wake up se baigner to bathe se laver to wash se raser to shave s'enfuir to flee s'évanouir to faint se souvenir to remember se suicider to commit suicide s'asseoir to sit down s'arrêter to stop s'habiller to get dressed Some verbs are exclusively reflexive: se suicider, se souvenir, s'enfuir, s'évanouir ... Some others can be both reflexive and non-reflexive. If the action can be performed on someone else, the verb looses its reflexivity. For example: Je me lave I wash myself. And Je lave mon chien I wash my dog.