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Why is vous repeated?
The second “vous” is there because that’s the person they are calling, they are calling themselves something (their name). The word for “you” and “yourself” are both “vous” in that example. The informal words for “you” and “yourself” are also different, “tu” and te”.
What tense is nous nous?
ourselves
2 Forming the present tense of reflexive verbs
| Subject pronoun | Reflexive pronoun | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| tu | te (t’) | yourself |
| il elle on | se (s’) | himself herself itself oneself |
| nous | nous | ourselves |
| vous | vous | yourself (singular) yourselves (plural) |
What is the conjugation of nous?
French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect subj. | |
|---|---|---|
| nous | avons été | eussions été |
| vous | avez été | eussiez été |
| ils | ont été | eussent été |
| Passé simple |
Why are some verbs reflexive in French?
We introduced reflexive verbs as being the equivalent of English -self. So for example, se laver means to wash oneself; il se lave means he washes himself. So as a first approximation, reflexive verbs in French are used where in English the object of the verb is a -self word (myself, yourself, herself, ourselves etc).
What’s the difference between tu and vous?
“Tu” is only used to address one person, while “vous” is used to address one or more people. As a singular second person pronoun, “vous” is used in more formal contexts while “tu” is more familiar.
Why do French use nous nous?
Reflexive verbs in French are verbs which mean an action done to oneself, for example, laver means ‘to wash’, but se laver means ‘to get washed’ or literally ‘to wash oneself’….How to form a sentence using a reflexive verb.
| French | English |
|---|---|
| Nous nous lavons | We wash ourselves |
| Vous vous lavez | You wash yourselves |
Is la famille nous or ILS?
Ma famille et moi habitons en France, then the ‘et moi’ makes it first person plural, nous . Hope this is helpful! Famille is a feminine singular noun so needs an appropriate possessive adjective to describe it.
Do all French reflexive verbs take etre?
All reflexive verbs form the perfect tense with être and therefore just as in normal past tense sentences, the past participle agrees with the subject (feminine subject add -e, plural add -s and feminine plural add -es).
Is Aller regular or irregular?
Aller is an irregular -er verb and needs the auxiliary verb être in compound tenses.
What is the difference between reflexive and non reflexive verbs in French?
Just like above, the only difference between a reflexive verb and a non-reflexive verb in these tenses is the addition of the reflexive pronoun that agrees with the subject. All other verb spelling changes stay the same.
Are reflexive verbs present tense?
Reflexive verbs are always conjugated with the reflexive pronoun that agrees with the subject: me (myself), te (yourself), se (himself, herself, itself, themselves), nous (ourselves), and vous (yourself, yourselves). Reflexive constructions have the following translations: Present tense: Je me lave. (I wash myself.)