1. Verbos reflexivos (view)

2. Carrying out and receiving the action at the same time.
Verbos reflexivos
Carrying out and receiving the action at the same time.

3. Reflexive Verbs - defined
Q. What is a reflexive verb?
A. A reflexive verb is a verb that has the reflexive pronoun ‘se’ attached to it in the infinitive form.
Example: pararse

4. Reflexive Verbs
As a reflexive pronoun ‘se’ in English means ‘one’s self’.
Examples:
pararse - to stop one’s self
perderse (eie)- to lose one’s self
(i.e. to get/become lost)

5. Reflexive Action
In a reflexive action, the subject does the action and also receives the same action.
In other words, the subject is also the indirect object. (S=IO)

6. Reflexive Action Example: Jorge se baña. Jorge bathes himself.
Subject = Jorge;
Verb (action) = baña
Indirect Object = se (Jorge)

7. Reflexive Actions Illustrated
Two illustrations of a reflexive action:
1. Boomerang
2. Yo-Yo

8. Conjugating Reflexive Verbs
1. Reflexive verbs follow both regular and irregular rules for verb conjugations.
2. However, we must MOVE the reflexive pronoun ‘se’ before we can conjugate verb.

9. Conjugating Reflexive Verbs
Q. So where do we move ‘se’ to? Where do we put it?
A. ‘se’ falls to the front! In other words, we put ‘se’ in front of the conjugated verb.
Example: pararse se
para

10. Conjugation examples Important note:
1. ‘se’ is the base form of reflexive pronouns
2. After moving ‘se’ to the front, ‘se’ will change to agree with the subject.

11. Reflexive Pronouns Subject Reflexive Pronoun yo me (to/for myself)
tú te (to/for yourself)
él/ella/usted se (to/for himself, herself,
itself, yourself – formal)
nosotros nos (to/for ourselves)
vosotros os (to/for yourselves – inf.
ellos/ellas/… se (to/for themselves;
ustedes to/for yourselves –form.)

12. Conjugation examples me paro Example: (yo) pararse (Yo)
I stop (myself).

13. Conjugation examples
Example:
(nosotros) saludarse
(Nosotros)
nos
saludamos
We greet (ourselves).
We greet (each other).

14. (i.e. She gets herself lost.)
Conjugation examples
Example:
(ella) perderse
(Ella) se
pierde
She loses herself.
(i.e. She gets herself lost.)

15. Pronouns with verb phrases
Necesito
duchar
me.
pro
verb 1
verb 2 Me
necesito
duchar.