172. The reflective or pronominal verbs are those conjugated with two pronouns of the same person, the first of which is the subject, and the second the object. The pro 173. In their compound tenses, reflective verbs take the auxiliary être, to be, whereas in English they take to have, and their participle must agree with the nominative or subject of the verb, if it be direct; Je me suis coupé, Elle s'est coupée, • Les enfants se sont levés, as, I (m) have cut myself. She has cut herself. The children have got up. 174. Obs. Many verbs are reflective in French, though not in English; such as, se lever, to get up; se promener, to walk. 175. The reflective form is often used by the French where the English use the passive; thus instead of saying la France est divisée en 89 départements, they would say, la France se divise, etc. Se promener, to walk, to take S'être promené, to have a walk.1 walked. 1 Literally, to promenade one's-self. |