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

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:

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.