Appendix F
Le Pronominal 'à sens idiomatique'
(Liste d'exemples)
| Pronominaux à sens idiomatique (List of samples) | 
The following list (non-exhaustive) contains samples of the Verbes pronominaux à sens idiomatique (French verbs which change their normal meaning when used 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'abandonner | to give in, to give way, to surrender | 
| s'adapter | to become used to, to get used to | 
| s’en aller | to go away, to head off | 
| s’amuser | to enjoy oneself, to have a good time | 
| s’appeler | to be called, to be named | 
| s’approprier | to appropriate | 
| s’arrêter | to stop (oneself) | 
| s’attendre (à) | to expect | 
| se charger | to attend to, to deal with, to see to (something), to take care of | 
| se coincer | to become or get caught, to get jammed, to get stuck | 
| se demander | to wonder | 
| se débrouiller | to figure out | 
| se démêler | to figure out, to become unravelled | 
| se dépêcher | to hurry | 
| se diriger vers | to head toward | 
| se douter | to suspect | 
| s’éloigner | to move (oneself) away | 
| s’endormir | to fall asleep | 
| s'endurcir | to become hard, to become hardened, to toughen up | 
| s’ennuyer | to be bored, to become bored, to get bored | 
| s'entêter | to be stubborn, to dig one's heels in, to insist, to persist | 
| s’entendre | to get along (with someone) | 
| se fâcher | to become angry, to get angry | 
| s’habituer à | to get used to | 
| s'imaginer | to picture, to visualize | 
| s'implanter | to be implanted, to establish oneself, to set (oneself) up | 
| s’inquiéter | to worry | 
| s’installer | to settle in | 
| se plaire (à + infinitif) | to enjoy doing | 
| se perdre | to get lost, to lose one’s way | 
| se rattraper | to catch up, to make up for, to redeem oneself | 
| se rendre (à) | to go to, to get to | 
| se rendre compte | to realize | 
| se reprendre | to correct oneself | 
| se réunir | to meet, to get together | 
| se rire | to make light of | 
| se servir | to use, to make use of | 
| se tromper | to be mistaken, to err, to make a mistake | 
| se trouver | to be located | 
