Page 80 Realidades 2 Reflexive Verbs

Reflexive Verbs Reflexive verbs are used to tell that a person does something to or for him- or herself. The person doing the action is doing it to or for themselves. Keep it clean, people.

Reflexive Verbs In English, we really don’t identify with reflexive verbs, so these will seem strange to you.

Reflexive Verbs In English, a sentence using a “so called” reflexive verb might be… Lauren brushes her hair. Scott bathes himself.

Reflexive Verbs You must remember that these are actions being done to oneself, by oneself. For example: I wash my (my own) hair.

Reflexive Verbs: Break It Down, Ya’ll In Spanish, reflexive verbs have two parts: a reflexive pronoun a verb form

Reflexive Verbs LAVARSE (to wash oneself) Reflexive Verb Pronoun Form ME TE SE NOS

Reflexive Pronouns me (to or for myself) te (to or for yourself) se (to or for himself, herself, it) nos (to or for ourselves) os (to or for ya’ll) se (to or for themselves, you all, or each other)

LAVARSE me lavo te lavas se lava nos lavamos os laváis se lavan

TO WASH ONESELF I wash myself (Me lavo.) You wash yourself (Te lavas.) He, She, It washes himself, etc. (Se lava.) We wash ourselves. (Nos lavamos.) They wash themselves. (Se lavan.)

Reflexive Pronouns They can either go before a conjugated verb or after an infinitive.

Reflexive Pronouns Me lavo el pelo. After the infinitive: Before the verb: Me lavo el pelo. After the infinitive: Voy a lavarme el pelo.

Reflexive Verbs Let’s do more verbs!

CEPILLARSE – to brush me cepillo te cepillas se cepilla nos cepillamos os cepilláis se cepillan

DUCHARSE – to shower me ducho te duchas se ducha nos duchamos os ducháis se duchan

BAÑARSE – to bathe me baño te bañas se baña nos bañamos os bañáis se bañan

LEVANTARSE – to get up me levanto te levantas se levanta nos levantamos os levantáis se levantan

Reflexive Verbs When using reflexive verbs to talk about parts of the body, use the definite article. (the el, la, los, las that mean “the”)

Reflexive Verbs Nos lavamos el pelo. Te cepillas los dientes?

Reflexive Verbs – Stem Changers Acostarse (oue) Me acuesto, te acuestas, se acuesta, nos acostamos, os acostáis, se acuestan