What are PRONOMINAL verbs and what are their classes

pronominal verbs are verbs that are used to indicate that the subject performs an action on himself, For example: She combs her hair every morning. In a Teacher we tell you.

The verb is the word that expresses the action. the state or process that takes place in the sentence. It is the most important word, since it functions as the nucleus of the predicate of the sentence. However, you should know that there is not only one type of verb, but depending on the characteristics that are present, we may be talking about a certain subgenre of this grammatical category.

In this one-TEACHER lesson we are going to focus our attention on the pronominal verbs, to explain what they are and what their classes are. Read on if you want to find out more!

Index

1. What are pronominal verbs and examples
2. What are the classes of pronominal verbs?
3. Examples of pronominal verbs
4. Examples of sentences with pronominal verbs

The pronominal verbs are those verbs that take a reflexive pronoun which refers to the subject of the sentence. These reflexive pronouns are "me", "te", "se", "nos" and "se" (in the third person).

Pronominal verbs are used to express an action that the subject performs on himself or to indicate an action in which the subject is directly involved.

For example: In the sentence "I wash my hands", the pronominal verb "to wash" indicates that the subject (I) is performing the action of washing himself.

Another example is "se peina el pelo", where the pronominal verb "peinarse" indicates that the subject (he or she) is combing her own hair.

It is important to note that in some cases, the reflexive pronoun can be optional and not change the meaning of the sentence.

For example: in the sentence "he wakes up early" and "he wakes up early", both sentences have a similar meaning. However, in other cases, the presence of the reflexive pronoun is necessary for the sentence to make sense.

As we have mentioned before, the first classification of pronominal verbs is based on whether these pronouns are essential or can be optional. However, there are several classes of pronominal verbs and these have to do with the meaning that the pronoun brings to the sentence. We present them to you.

reflexive pronominal verbs

They are those verbs in which the reflexive pronoun refers to the subject that performs the action, and that indicates that the subject performs the action on himself.

For example: "I I wash myself hands".

Reciprocal pronominal verbs

They are those verbs in which the reflexive pronoun refers to two or more subjects that perform the action mutually.

For example: "They They said hi with a hug" (in this case, the two subjects are greeting each other with a hug).

Quasi-reflex pronominal verbs

They are those verbs in which the reflexive pronoun does not refer to the subject that performs the action, but to another person or thing. These verbs are used to indicate an action in which the subject is indirectly involved.

For example: "She he combs the hair" (in this case, the subject is not combing himself, but his hair).

It is important to note that quasi-reflex verbs are a class of pronominal verbs that are not considered exactly reflexive or reciprocal, since the reflexive pronoun does not refer directly to the subject making the action. However, they are considered a class of pronominal verbs because the reflexive pronoun is present in the sentence.

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We have prepared a list of some examples of pronominal verbs so that you can see what their structure is and be able to recognize them when you find them in a text:

• Get bored
• Have fun
• forget
• accepted
• Fall sleep
• To comb
• Lie down
• Meet
• Be lost
• Shave
• Engage
• Forgive
• To love each other
• Annoy
• To put on
• Take a bath
• Hide
• Lend
• eat
• listen to each other
• ban
• Behave
• To be made
• promise
• Meet
• be impressed
• polish
• be convinced
• Stay
• Cut
• Get up
• Complain
• Cut
• Leave
• Breed
• believe yourself
• mess
• beg each other
• heal
• look at each other
• Break
• Be discovered
• Die
• save yourself
• Say goodbye
• Decline
• Bumping
• Heading down
• hate each other
• Become

Now that you know what the pronominal verbs, we are going to introduce them within their context, so that you can see how they work in normal conversations. We have indicated the pronominal verb in bold font in each sentence, to make it easier for you to identify it. Let's go there!:

• you pawned in going on a trip until you got it
• I have had so much work that she has not given me time to worry for you.
• I felt tired after so much work
• Lorena does not have too much trouble engage to any Netflix series.
• When Maribel got mad he did not deign to listen to reasons or apologies
• I don't want to lose myself the opportunity to see my favorite artist in concert.
• They They left from the restaurant for the lousy service
• She accidentally cut herself shave the legs.
• I was amazed how precious the landscape was before my eyes
• Sometimes we hooked with people who don't suit us.
• The character of the story it was called Robert
• it costs me forgive me myself for my past mistakes.
• It is important to love each other yourself before you can love others.
• Sometimes it's hard not get angry, but it is crucial to remain calm.
• I wear happy when I see my friends.
• It's fundamental take a bath daily to maintain hygiene.
• sometimes it's easy hide behind a mask to protect our true identity.
• The bank she lent us the money to buy the house.
• My sister is capable of eat nails when she's nervous.
• Is valuable listen to each other yourself to make important decisions.
• i banned myself eat sweets for a week to lose weight
• She she controlled herself not to bother
• I had fun with the new video game I bought
• She he bit the tongue by accident
• I regretted to have met him
• The boy got rid the punishment that his parents would give him
• The castaways got save yourself for making the right decisions
• He he got confused and he lost track of where he was

We hope this lesson has helped you understand what are pronominal verbs and understand what their classes are. If you want to go deeper into this subject, do not hesitate to consult our grammar section and linguistics where we will give you all the tools you need to get the best grade in your subject of tongue.

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• Bubnjar, S. (2019). Pronominal verbs (Doctoral dissertation, University of Zagreb. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Department of Romance languages ​​and literature).
• Renau, I. (2015). Between vocabulary and grammar: ELE dictionaries for learning pronominal verbs. Student-centered ELE teaching, 801-812.

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