Reflexive verbs close reflexive verb Verbs where the action is done to the same person who is doing it, eg se laver (to wash oneself). describe an action that you do to yourself or that reflects back ...

Dave in Elkland, Pa., wrote to me recently about pronouns ending in “self” — myself, yourself, and so on — and how annoying they can be at times. “‘Myself,’ in particular, drives me near distraction,” ...

This article discusses the passive of reflexive verbs in German and Icelandic. This passive poses a challenge for Binding Principle A as it can be shown that its implicit argument, although ...

During my internship at a county hospital in southern California, we learned much of our Spanish from patients. My own best teacher was a young woman who was admitted with acute myeloid leukemia, and ...

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