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Pronominal Verbs

Lawless French is a great resource. I highly suggest looking at Laura K Lawless’ page when you have a French question.(I know I do!!)

From Lawless French’s page about pronominal verbs:

French students first learn about reflexive verbs, but those are only one of four types of pronominal verbs. Click on the lessons for more information and a list of common verbs:

  1. Reflexive verbs – subject acts on itself
  2. Reciprocal verbs – subjects act on one another
  3. Idiomatic pronominal verbs – reflexive pronoun changes the meaning of the verb
  4. Essentially pronominal verbs – verb can only be used pronominally

Reflexive Verbs

Reciprocal verbs 

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