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Je préfère me doucher ce soir.

Je préfère me doucher ce soir.
I prefer to shower this evening.
From Lesson 59:Reflexive pronouns (me, te, se, nous, vous)·French

Breakdown of Je préfère me doucher ce soir.

je
I
préférer
to prefer
ce soir
tonight
se doucher
to shower

Questions & Answers about Je préfère me doucher ce soir.

Why is it me doucher instead of just doucher?
In French, actions you do to your own body, like showering, dressing, or brushing your teeth, are usually reflexive. You literally say "to shower myself". Because the subject is Je (I), you must use the matching reflexive pronoun me (myself).
Why does me go right before doucher instead of next to Je?
The pronoun belongs to the verb it directly applies to. Here, the action you are doing to yourself is showering, not preferring. Whenever a conjugated verb (like préfère) is followed by an infinitive (like doucher), the reflexive pronoun must go right before the infinitive.
Why are the accents in préfère pointing in different directions, unlike the dictionary form préférer?
The verb préférer is a "stem-changing" verb. To make it easier to pronounce, the second accent changes from an acute accent (é) to a grave accent (è) for the je, tu, il/elle, and ils/elles forms. This gives the middle of the word a slightly more open "eh" sound.
Could ce soir also translate to "tonight"?
Yes! French uses ce soir to mean both "this evening" and "tonight". The word ce means "this", and soir means "evening", so it works perfectly for both English concepts.

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