Look at these sentences:
Il ne s'amuse pas beaucoup.
He's not having a lot of fun.
Je ne me souviens pas de toi
I don't remember you
Vous ne vous lavez pas tous les matins.
You don't wash every morning.
Nous ne nous levons pas à 7h le lundi.
We don't get up at 7 on Mondays.
When using a negative structure like "ne/n'...pas" with reflexive verbs in simple tenses, ne/n' is placed before the reflexive pronoun "me/te/se/nous/vous/se", and pas is after the verb.
Il s'amuse beaucoup -> Il ne s'amuse pas beaucoup
He's having a lot of fun -> He's not having a lot of fun
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Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
24/01/19
Ok
Ron
Kwiziq community member
9/10/17
Charlene
Kwiziq community member
9/10/17
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
6/10/18
Hi Charlene,
Just to correct a few things said earlier, yes they do but you need to use the auxilliary verb 'être' in the passé composé for reflexive verbs.
e.g.
Non, je ne me maquille plus = No, I don't make up any longer
Non, Il ne s'est jamais rasé = No, he has never shaved
Hope this helps!
Heather
Kwiziq community member
24 January 2019
1 reply
sorry please disregard my last post. My mistake
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
24 January 2019
24/01/19
Ok