1. les verbes réfléchis
Reflexive Verbs

2. actions that you do to yourself
getting up, getting dressed
they are always accompanied by a reflexive pronoun, which “reflects” the action of the verb back to the subject
Example: Je me lève. (I am getting up.)
The subject (je) is the one getting up.

3. Reflexive Pronouns
me nous
te vous
se se
reflexive pronouns go before the verb
se lever = to get up
je me lève nous nous levons
tu te lèves vous vous levez
il/elle se lève ils/elles se lèvent

4. s’habiller= to get dressed
me, te, and se will become m’, t’, and s’, before a vowel
s’habiller= to get dressed
je m’habille nous nous habillons
tu t’habilles vous vous habillez
il/elle s’habille ils/elles s’habillent

5. sentences containing reflexive verbs are always set up the same way:
subject + reflexive + reflexive + rest of
pronoun verb sentence
Example: Tu te laves la figure.
You are washing your face.
Jean se promène en ville.
Jean is taking a walk downtown.

6. When the sentence is negative, the negative phrase will go around both the reflexive pronoun and the verb
Example:
Tu ne te laves pas la figure.
You do not wash your face.