I am really confused on how to use reflexive verbs in the conditional tense. I want to say "I would relax" with the verb "se detendre/se relaxer".It would be great if someone could help as I am at a low grade in French and need to improve!
I am really confused on how to use reflexive verbs in the conditional tense. I want to say "I would relax" with the verb "se detendre/se relaxer".It would be great if someone could help as I am at a low grade in French and need to improve!
'Je me relaxerais' is the answer. Because it is a simple tense there is no need for an auxiliary verb, just the subject, reflexive pronoun and verb.
You take the future stem of 'relaxer' which is just that, the infinitive, then select the correct imperfect tense ending (in this case, -ais) to create the conditional tense. Add the reflexive pronoun 'me' and you're done
I am really confused on how to use reflexive verbs in the conditional tense. I want to say "I would relax" with the verb "se detendre/se relaxer".It would be great if someone could help as I am at a low grade in French and need to improve!
'Je me relaxerais' is the answer. Because it is a simple tense there is no need for an auxiliary verb, just the subject, reflexive pronoun and verb.
You take the future stem of 'relaxer' which is just that, the infinitive, then select the correct imperfect tense ending (in this case, -ais) to create the conditional tense. Add the reflexive pronoun 'me' and you're done
So here's the full set in the conditional:
Je me relaxerais Tu te relaxerais Il se relaxerait Nous nous relaxerions Vous vous relaxeriez Ils se relaxeraient
Je me détendrais Tu te détendrais Il se détendrait Nous nous détendrions Vous vous détendriez Ils se détendraient