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Re: Reflexive & Reciprocal Marked on the Verb

From:René Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 13:08
I asked my francophone friends some time ago, they gave me the following:

Ils se regardent.
They look at each other.

Ils se regardent dans le miroir.
They look at themselves (!) in the mirror.

I suppose you could disambiguate to some extent by using "l'un l'autre":

Ils (se?) regardent l'un l'autre.
They look at each other.

But maybe a real francophone can elaborate on this.

René