📖LearnModule 4 · Lesson 8 of 30Basic User · CEFR A2, completedUnit 2 · Les verbes réfléchis — the reflexive day
S'habiller, se coucher — dressed and to bed
Module 4 of the free French course (CEFR A2, completed), lesson 8 of 30: S'habiller (to get dressed) elides its se: je m'habille. On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 8.
The words
French
English
Say it
s'habiller
to get dressed
sah-bee-YAY
je m'habille
I get dressed
zhuh mah-BEE-yuh
se coucher
to go to bed
suh koo-SHAY
je me couche
I go to bed
zhuh muh KOOSH
il se couche à neuf heures
he goes to bed at nine
eel suh koosh ah nuhv UHR
se réveiller
to wake up
suh ray-vay-YAY
je me réveille
I wake up
zhuh muh ray-VAY
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
La règle · The rule
S'habiller (to get dressed) elides its se: je m'habille. Se coucher (to go to bed) closes the day: je me couche à neuf heures.
Et aussi · And also
The reflexive day, in order: je me lève, je me lave, je m'habille, je me brosse les dents… je me couche.
Attention · Watch out
s'habiller elides to je m'habille (the h is silent). The reflexive pronoun changes with the person: je m', tu t', il s'.
s'habiller — the table
je m'habille · tu t'habilles · il/elle s'habille · nous nous habillons · vous vous habillez · ils/elles s'habillent
se coucher — the table
je me couche · tu te couches · il/elle se couche · nous nous couchons · vous vous couchez · ils/elles se couchent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 7 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with s'habiller.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out s'habiller and se coucher in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.