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 | |
| s’absenter | to be absent | 
| s’abstenir | to abstain | 
| s’accouder | to lean | 
| s’accroupir | to crouch | 
| s’acheminer | to make one's way toward | 
| s’affairer | to busy oneself | 
| s’agenouiller | to kneel down | 
| s’arroger | to arrogate to oneself | 
| s’autodétruire | to destroy oneself | 
| s’autofinancer | to finance oneself, to fund oneself | 
| s’autoguider | to be self-guided | 
| s’autoproclamer | to proclaim oneself | 
| se désendetter | to get out of debt | 
| se désister | to desist | 
| s’ébattre | to frolic, to play about | 
| s’écrier | to exclaim, to cry out | 
| s’écrouler | to collapse | 
| s’efforcer | to endeavour, to strive, to try hard | 
| s’élancer | to launch oneself, to soar | 
| s’emparer | to capture, to grab, to seize | 
| s’empresser | to be in a hurry, to hasten, to hurry | 
| s’enfuir | to flee | 
| s’entraccorder | to get along well | 
| s’entraccuser | to accuse one another | 
| s’entradmirer | to admire one another | 
| s’entraider | to assist one another, to help one another | 
| s’envoler | to fly away, to fly out, to take off in flight | 
| s’évader | to escape, to get away | 
| s’évanouir | to faint, to pass out | 
| s’exclamer | to cry out, to exclaim | 
| se fier | to depend on, to rely on, to trust in | 
| se gargariser | to gargle | 
| s’infiltrer | to infiltrate | 
| s’insurger | to rebel against, to stand against | 
| se moquer | to make fun of, to mock, to poke fun at, to scoff | 
| se mutiner | to commit mutiny, to mutiny, to revolt | 
| se méfier | to distrust, to mistrust, to be wary of | 
| s’obstiner | to be stubborn, to persist, to persevere | 
| s’opiniâtrer | to persist, to be unrelenting | 
| se prosterner | to bow down, to bow low, to prostrate oneself | 
| se ratatiner | to shrivel, to become wrinkled or shrivelled | 
| se raviser | to change one's mind | 
| se rebeller | to rebel, to resist, to act out | 
| se recroqueviller | to cower, to curl up, to shrink back, to shrivel up | 
| se repentir | to regret, to repent | 
| se ressouvenir | to recall again, to remember again | 
| se revancher | to get revenge, to take revenge | 
| se réfugier | to hide, to seek refuge, to take refuge | 
| se soucier | to care, to worry | 
| se souvenir | to recall, to remember | 
| se suicider | to commit suicide | 
