Differences between reflexive and pronominal verbs

Reflective verbs? Pronominal verbs? Here are some categorizations arising from grammatical assumptions and which, not rarely, incite different questions in the case of most users. In this way, let us also incite a question to you, dear user:

If both verbs carry the unstressed oblique pronoun "if", so what's the difference between them? It is about such details related to linguistic occurrences that we reserve ourselves in the condition of advisors and we want to bring you some considerations about the differences between these two verbs, since:

is considered as reflective verb the one whose oblique personal pronoun just accompanies it, given that the subject's action occurs in himself (in the subject).

already the verbs considered pronominal, as the classification itself indicates, are those who, necessarily, bring this pronoun to themselves.

Thus, some examples can enlighten us about some details that will make a difference when assigning this class the proper classification. So here they are:

*The employee was injured with a sharp object while performing a service.

We can see that the employee performed the action, that is, he had contact with the sharp object and, at the same time, received the action to hurt himself with it. Thus, we can say that this action returned to those who practiced it. Thus, it is a reflective verb.

Now let's look at another example:

The girl complained of pain during class.

He graduated in Medicine.

In both cases, we can state that the use of the oblique pronoun materializes as a result of a requirement, let's say, from the grammatical presuppositions themselves, therefore, it is equivalent to saying that it is a verb pronominal.

Here, then, are the points that make them differ from each other.


By Vânia Duarte
Graduated in Letters

Source: Brazil School - https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/gramatica/diferencas-entre-os-verbos-reflexivos-pronominais.htm

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