Word
Lave-toi dans un bain chaud avec une bougie.
Meaning
Wash yourself in a hot bath with a candle.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Lave-toi dans un bain chaud avec une bougie.
chaud
hot
dans
in, inside
avec
with
se laver
to wash
Questions & Answers about Lave-toi dans un bain chaud avec une bougie.
Why is it Lave-toi with a hyphen instead of Te lave?
When giving an affirmative command (telling someone to do something), French moves the reflexive pronoun to the end of the verb and attaches it with a hyphen. When this happens, te changes to the stressed pronoun toi.
Why is there no 's' at the end of Lave if it is the tu form?
For regular -er verbs like se laver, the final 's' is always dropped in the tu form of the imperative. So, the normal statement Tu te laves becomes the command Lave-toi.
Could I use Lavez-vous here instead?
Yes, if the context changes! Lave-toi is informal and used when talking to one person you know well. If you were speaking formally to someone, or talking to multiple people, you would use the vous command form: Lavez-vous.
Could I say dans une baignoire instead of dans un bain?