#0007. Reflexive verbs

1. We use reflexive verbs in Russian when we want to show that the subject and object in a sentence are the same person, performer, or thing.

2. In English we show that a verb is reflexive by using it with a reflexive pronoun:

   Example: I wash myself.

3. Notice that I (the subject) and myself (the object) are the same person. Compare the above example to the one below:

   I wash the car.

4. The subject here (I) is not the same person or thing as the object (car).

5. Russian shows that a verb is used in the reflexive form by adding the reflexive particle -ся after consonants and -сь after vowels to the verb, after all other necessary endings have been added.