Short - Wederkerende werkwoorden - <i>Reflexive Verbs</i>

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Short Wederkerende werkwoorden - Reflexive Verbs

With reflexive verbs, the subject is the same as the object, for instance:
Ik was me

2 I wash myself, I'm washing up
Some of the reflexive verbs are never without a reflexive pronoun, while other reflexive verbs can also refer to other 'objects'

Reflexive verbs are more common in Dutch than in English
Some Dutch reflexive verbs are translated in the passive voice in English, for instance zich vervelen

2 to be bored

zich vervelen		to be bored
ik verveel me		I'm bored
jij verveelt je		you're bored
hij verveelt zich		he's bored
zij verveelt zich		she's bored
wij vervelen ons		we're bored
jullie vervelen je		youse are bored
zij vervelen zich		they're bored
U verveelt zich		you're bored

See also: vervelend

'annoying, ~unpleasant' and saai

'boring'

Nominative English / Dutch		Reflexive Pronoun
I	ik	me mezelf
you	jij / je singular you	je jezelf
he	hij	zich zichzelf
she	zij / ze	zich zichzelf
we	wij / we	ons onszelf
you	jullie plural you	je jezelf
they	zij / ze	zich zichzelf
you	U polite you	zich zichzelf Uzelf 2

Verveel je je?	Are you bored? (singular informal 'you')
But: Verveel ik je? 2 3	Am I boring you? Do I bore you?
Verveelt U zich?	Are you bored? (polite 'you')
Ik verveel me nooit 2	'I'm never bored'
Ik verveel me te pletter 2 3	'I'm bored stiff' ['crushed by boredom']

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