Reflexive Verbs

Level 3

Me lèvi, te lèvas, se lèva: the pronoun matches the subject.

How It Works

Before a vowel, me, te and se become m', t' and s': m'apèli Marta, s'apèla Maria.

English often has no pronoun here: I get up, he washes. Occitan needs one. For parts of the body, Occitan uses the article: Nos lavam las mans.

The infinitive carries the pronoun se: se levar. In the compound past, these verbs take èsser; see the next entries.

Me lèvi a sièis oras.
I get up at six.
Me matches ieu.
Se lava.
He washes.
Se matches el or ela.
Te lèvas d'ora?
Do you get up early?
Te matches tu.
Nos lavam las mans.
We wash our hands.
Nos matches nosautres, and las mans takes the article.
M'apèli Marta.
My name is Marta.
Me becomes m' before the vowel of apèli.

Leaving out the pronoun, as English does.
Lèvi a sièis oras.
Me lèvi a sièis oras.
A reflexive verb always carries its pronoun.
Using se for every person.
Se lavi las mans.
Me lavi las mans.
Se is the pronoun for he, she and they only. The infinitive se levar shows the pattern, and the pronoun changes with the person.

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Reflexive VerbsLevel 3

Reflexive verbs use me, te, se, nos and vos, so the object pronouns and saying your name come first.

Patterns that build on this one.

semetenosvos

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