Impersonal verbs, pronominal verbs, connecting verbs, wow! How many classifications we have learned so far, isn't it true? Well, little users, did you notice how full of particularities is the language we speak? Yes, with each encounter we have, they seem to appear more and more, but don't be scared, because this proves how much our knowledge is going to become even more advanced, don't you agree?
Ah! And not only this advantage, we still have to agree that all this contributes to our abilities at the time of written language are even more reinforced, yes? So, after agreeing with all these statements, let's go ahead, knowing, from now on, another category of our little friend of grammatical class represented by the verbs - so-called reflexive verbs.
When talking about them, it seems that a vague notion gives signs of life and soon makes us understand that the term “reflective” may have a certain similarity to the verb reflect. Well, as we are smart, isn't it that we hit the nail on the head? That's exactly the idea, because when it comes to a reflexive verb, this classification means to us that the action, performed by the subject, reflects on himself, that is, on the subject himself. But now, so that everything is clear, there's nothing better than analyzing an example, do you want to see?
Reflective verbs are those in which the action reflects on the subject
The girl was injured with the sharp object.
Well, it's simple, let's analyze: who performed the action was the girl, so, do you agree that the action came back to itself, that is, in addition to picking up, touching the object, was it still injured? Not forgetting that, as we can see, an oblique personal pronoun appears before the verb, did you notice? Thus, we must agree that in addition to these aspects, that is, those that make the verb reflective, it appears accompanied by this pronoun. So always remember these details, yes?
Recalling, we have that “reflective verb” is the one that the action returns to the person who practiced it, that is, to the subject himself.
By Vânia Duarte
Graduated in Letters
