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Le passé composé des verbes pronominaux
Le passé composé des verbes pronominaux
All pronominal/reflexive verbs take être in the passé composé: easy to remember!
Pronominal verbs have se before the infinitive: se lever, se laver, se promener, etc.
Accord/agreement:
Accord/agreement:
Pronominal verbs usually agree in these cases:
#1. A direct object that comes before the verb.
For example, Aisha s’est lavée. She washed whom? (direct object, se, comes before the verb and represents Aisha, feminine singular).
#2. The reflexive pronouns of these idiomatic verbs agree with the subject.
s’en aller
se souvenir de
se dépêcher
se tromper de
Pronominal Verbs do not make agreements:
Pronominal Verbs do not make agreements:
#1. When the reflexive pronoun is indirect (because the verb is associated with a preposition: à, de, etc).
For example: Ils se sont téléphoné. The verb téléphoner is followed by “à”: to telephone someone. The most common verbs like this are below.
#2. If the direct object comes after the verb (this is often true with body parts).
Négation
Négation
In the negative, the ne precedes the reflexive pronoun and the pas follows the auxiliary (être):
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