1. caer vs. caerse
¿Cuál es la diferencia?

2. caer – to fall
caigo caemos
caes caéis
cae caen

3. La lámpara.

4. El bote de basura

5. La lámpara cae del bote de basura.

6. la piña

7. La vaca

8. La piña cae de la vaca

9. Los fuegos artificiales caen del cielo.

10. caerse – to fall down te caes os caéis se cae se caen
me caigo nos caemos
te caes os caéis
se cae se caen

11. El hombre se cae en el agua.

12. Los niños se caen.

13. El hombre se cae de las escaleras.

14. What’s up with the word ‘se’?
It’s a reflexive pronoun. When you use a reflexive pronoun, it makes the verb reflexive.
That means the action of the verb reflects back to the person doing the action.
The person doing the action is the subject of the sentence.

15. ¿Entienden Uds.? (Do you all understand?)

16. (Spanish) me nos te os se se
Please write the reflexive pronouns on your ‘go’ verbs notes next to ‘caerse’. (leave room for the English)
(Spanish) me nos te os se se

17. Please write the reflexive pronouns on your ‘go’ verbs notes next to ‘caerse’
(English) myself ourselves yourself yourselves yourself yourselves himself themselves herself itself

18. So when you conjugate caerse…
1. cut off the ‘se’ (caerse)
2. write the reflexive pronouns in the chart.
me nos
te os
se se
3. add the conjugated pieces of caer.
me caigo nos caemos
te caes os caéis
se cae se caen

19. ¿Entienden Uds.? (Does everyone understand?)

20. caerse – to fall down te caes os caéis se cae se caen (Spanish)
me caigo nos caemos
te caes os caéis
se cae se caen

21. caerse – to fall down (English literal meaning)
I fall myself down We fall ourselves down
You fall yourself down Y’all fall yourselves down
You fall yourself down Y’all fall yourselves down
He falls himself down They fall themselves down
She falls herself down
It falls itself down

22. Please describe, in Spanish, what’s going on in the picture.
El hombre – the man

23. Please describe, in Spanish, what’s going on in the picture.
La mujer – the woman

24. Please describe, in Spanish, what’s going on in the picture.
Ellos - they

25. Please describe, in Spanish, what’s going on in the picture.
El árbol – the tree

26. Please describe, in Spanish, what’s going on in the picture.
Los libros – the books

27. Please describe, in Spanish, what’s going on in the picture.
Ella - she

28. Please describe, in Spanish, what’s going on in the picture.
El edificio – the building

29. Please describe, in Spanish, what’s going on in the picture.
Los niños – the boys

30. Please describe, in Spanish, what’s going on in the picture.
Ella - she

31. Please describe, in Spanish, what’s going on in the picture.
La pared – the wall

32. Please describe, in Spanish, what’s going on in the picture.
Las atletas – the athletes