Lesson summary
The key points to remember, for revision.
- 1Reflexive verbs always take être in compound tenses.
- 2The participle usually agrees with the subject: elle s’est levée.
- 3Negation: je ne me suis pas levé.
- 4Exception (advanced): elle s’est lavé les mains (the object follows: no agreement).
Key vocabulary
| se raser | to shave |
| se marier | to get married |
| s’ennuyer | to be bored |
| le fleuve | river (to the sea) |