Appendix E
Le Pronominal 'essentiel'
(Liste d'exemples)
Pronominaux essentiels (List of samples) | 
The following list (non-exhaustive) contains samples of the Verbes essentiellement pronominaux (French verbs which exist only in the pronominal format). The "se" or "s'" represents the mirror pronoun.
The mirror pronouns are:
me / m' for je,
te / t' for tu,
se / s' for il, elle, or on,
nous for nous,
vous for vous, and
se / s' for ils or elles
Their English meanings are also shown:
| Infinitif | |
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 s’absenter  | 
 to be absent  | 
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 s’abstenir  | 
 to abstain  | 
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 s’accouder  | 
 to lean  | 
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 s’accroupir  | 
 to crouch  | 
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 s’acheminer  | 
 to make one's way toward  | 
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 s’affairer  | 
 to busy oneself  | 
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 s’agenouiller  | 
 to kneel down  | 
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 s’arroger  | 
 to arrogate to oneself  | 
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 s’autodétruire  | 
 to destroy oneself  | 
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 s’autofinancer  | 
 to finance oneself, to fund oneself  | 
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 s’autoguider  | 
 to be self-guided  | 
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 s’autoproclamer  | 
 to proclaim oneself  | 
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 se désendetter  | 
 to get out of debt  | 
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 se désister  | 
 to desist  | 
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 s’ébattre  | 
 to frolic, to play about  | 
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 s’écrier  | 
 to exclaim, to cry out  | 
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 s’écrouler  | 
 to collapse  | 
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 s’efforcer  | 
 to endeavour, to strive, to try hard  | 
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 s’élancer  | 
 to launch oneself, to soar  | 
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 s’emparer  | 
 to capture, to grab, to seize  | 
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 s’empresser  | 
 to be in a hurry, to hasten, to hurry  | 
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 s’enfuir  | 
 to flee  | 
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 s’entraccorder  | 
 to get along well  | 
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 s’entraccuser  | 
 to accuse one another  | 
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 s’entradmirer  | 
 to admire one another  | 
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 s’entraider  | 
 to assist one another, to help one another  | 
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 s’envoler  | 
 to fly away, to fly out, to take off in flight  | 
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 s’évader  | 
 to escape, to get away  | 
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 s’évanouir  | 
 to faint, to pass out  | 
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 s’exclamer  | 
 to cry out, to exclaim  | 
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 se fier  | 
 to depend on, to rely on, to trust in  | 
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 se gargariser  | 
 to gargle  | 
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 s’infiltrer  | 
 to infiltrate  | 
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 s’insurger  | 
 to rebel against, to stand against  | 
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 se moquer  | 
 to make fun of, to mock, to poke fun at, to scoff  | 
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 se mutiner  | 
 to commit mutiny, to mutiny, to revolt  | 
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 se méfier  | 
 to distrust, to mistrust, to be wary of  | 
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 s’obstiner  | 
 to be stubborn, to persist, to persevere  | 
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 s’opiniâtrer  | 
 to persist, to be unrelenting  | 
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 se prosterner  | 
 to bow down, to bow low, to prostrate oneself  | 
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 se ratatiner  | 
 to shrivel, to become wrinkled or shrivelled  | 
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 se raviser  | 
 to change one's mind  | 
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 se rebeller  | 
 to rebel, to resist, to act out  | 
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 se recroqueviller  | 
 to cower, to curl up, to shrink back, to shrivel up  | 
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 se repentir  | 
 to regret, to repent  | 
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 se ressouvenir  | 
 to recall again, to remember again  | 
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 se revancher  | 
 to get revenge, to take revenge  | 
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 se réfugier  | 
 to hide, to seek refuge, to take refuge  | 
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 se soucier  | 
 to care, to worry  | 
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 se souvenir  | 
 to recall, to remember  | 
| 
 se suicider  | 
 to commit suicide  | 
