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RECIPROCAL VERBS

RECIPROCAL VERBS. The reciprocal action occurs between more than one subject. English often uses the phrase 'each other' to represent this kind of action

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RECIPROCAL VERBS

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The reciprocal action occurs between more than one subject. English often uses the phrase 'each other' to represent this kind of action. Here is a list of common reciprocal verbs:

• s'aimer to love each other • se détester to hate each other • se disputer to argue • s'embrasser to kiss • se parler to talk to each other • se quitter to leave each other • se regarder to look at each other • se retrouver to meet each other • se téléphoner to telephone each other

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• Vous vous parlez pendant le déjeuner.– You talk to each other during lunch.

• Romeo et Juliette s’aiment.– Romeo and Juliette love each other.

• Quand est-ce qu’on se revoit?– When will we see each other?

• Nous nous téléphonons chaque soir.– We telephone (make a phone call to) each other

every evening.• Elles se détestent.– They hate each other.

• Il est interdit de s’embrasser en école.– It is forbidden to kiss each other in school.

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Reciprocal verbs in the passé composé

• As with reflexive verbs, reciprocal verbs always use ETRE as the auxiliary verb.

• Vous vous êtes parlé pendant le déjeuner.– You talked to each other during lunch.

• Romeo et Juliette se sont aimés.– Romeo and Juliette loved each other.

• Quand est-ce qu’on s’est revus?– When did we see each other?

• Nous nous sommes téléphoné chaque soir.– We telephoned (made a phone call to) each other every evening.

• Elles se sont détestées.– They hated each other.

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Reciprocal verbs in the passé composé

• The past participle must agree with the reciprocal pronoun when the pronoun is the direct object of the verb.– Elles se sont quittées après le film.• They left (each other) after the film.

– Nous nous sommes rencontrés hier.• We met each other yesterday.

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Reciprocal verbs in the passé composé

• Do not change the past participle if the reciprocal pronoun is the indirect object of the verb. Verbs that take an indirect object include:– Se dire– Se parler– Se téléphoner– Se demander– Se écrire– S’offrir– Se conseiller

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Reciprocal verbs in the passé composé

• Ils se sont parlé. – They spoke to each other.• Nous nous sommes écrit. – They wrote to

each other.• Vous vous êtes conseillé d’étudier pour les

examens au lieu de jouer à des jeux videos. – You advised each other to study for exams instead of playing video games.