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Reflexivity

"A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that is preceded by the noun or pronoun to which it refers" - te is only a reflexive pronoun if preceded by the pronoun to which it refers - i.e. tu, say in tu te laves where the finite verb is se laver. That it has the same form as the normal direct object pronoun in the sentence je te lave (where the finite verb is laver, not se laver) is coincidental - it's not preceded by the object to which it refers, so it's not reflexive. I'll recorrect the article. Thanks for getting in touch, Knepflerle (talk) 16:17, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

""me", "se", "te", "nous", and "vous" are the french reflexive pronouns" - me is reflexive when used with je, te is reflexive when used with tu, etc. me is not always reflexive - when used with any pronoun other than je it is just a direct object pronoun, as it is not referring to the preceding noun. Read this table here French_personal_pronouns#French_personal_pronouns the te in je te lave is taken from the direct object column because it is a direct object, not a reflexive object.

"a reflexive verb doesnt have to be done to yourself" - just wrong, I'm afraid. That is exactly its definition: from our article here: a reflexive verb is a verb whose ... subject and the direct object ... are the same. Or the OED: reflexive, (5.) Gram. and Linguistics. Of pronouns, verbs, phrases, and their signification: Characterized by, or denoting, a reflex action on the subject of the clause or sentence. I will recorrect the article. Knepflerle (talk) 17:00, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

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