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reflexive verb::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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the sentence `he washed' has a reflexive verb.
`perjure' is a reflexive verb because you cannot perjure anyone but yourself.
Examples of reflexive verb
reflexive verb
It all happens to you, like some capricious reflexive verb that has yet to be invented.
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There are languages that have explicit morphology to transform a verb into a reflexive form.
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For example, the English verb to perjure is reflexive, since one can only perjure oneself.
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The verb is typically transitive, and can be used in non-reflexive meaning as well.
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The verb is reflexive, but not inherently.
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Standard Spanish is like English in that haber is always the auxiliary regardless of the reflexive voice and regardless of the verb in question.
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Their function is that of reflecting the mood or attitude of the speaker or narrator, in that they are not reflexive but change the mood of the verb.
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