Los verbos reflexivos

Los verbosreflexivos

Reflexive verbs • In this presentation, we are going to look at a special group of verbs called reflexives • Let’s start out by thinking of the English verb ‘to wash.’List several things that you can wash.

Some examples • I wash my clothes • I wash the dishes • I wash the car • I wash the windows • I wash my hands • I wash my hair

What’s the difference? • I wash the car. • I can wash things that are not part of me, that is, they are not part of my body. • In Spanish, we say: • Yo lavo el carro.

…and… • I also wash things on my body: hands, face, hair… • I wash my hands. in Spanish we say: • Melavolasmanos.

Huh? • There are two ways to talk about washing in Spanish. • First, to wash something else. • Second, to wash part of one’s body.

And your point is…? • If you are washing something that is attached to your body, you need to add the word me • Me lavo las manos

You need these pronouns

Lavarse conjugated: The endings are still the same. In this case, these are endings for regular “ar” verbs in the present tense.

Notice the placement of the reflexive pronouns in Spanish: Sue bathes herself. reflexive pronoun subject Sue Sue se baña. reflexive pronoun subject

Theinfinitive has anse attachedtoitto show thatthesubjectisdoingsomethingtohim/herself in ordertogetready. • Dropthe ‘se’ • Changetheverbending • Puttheappropriate-ar, -er, or–irconjugationof theverb. • Add the appropriate reflexive pronoun in front of the conjugated verb. How do you get those forms?

Let’s try one • Llamarse: to call oneself • Yo me llamo • Tú te llamas • Él se llama • Nosotros nos llamamos • Ellos se llaman The verb endings are the usual ones!!

Some more reflexive verbs… • Levantarse: toget up/to stand up. • Sentarse (ie): tositdown • Ponerse (-goverb): toputonanarticle of clothing • Dormirse (ue): tofallasleep

Levantarse • Yo me levanto • Tú te levantas • Él se levanta • Nosotros nos levantamos • Ellos se levantan

Sentarse (ie) • Yo me siento • Tú te sientas • Él se sienta • Nosotros nos sentamos • Ellos se sientan

Yo me pongo Tú te pones Él se pone Nosotros nos ponemos Ellos se ponen Ponerse (-go verb)

Dormirse (ue) • Yo me duermo • Tú te duermes • Él se duerme • Nosotros nos dormimos • Ellos se duermen

Theverbforms are thesame: duermo, duermes, duerme, dormimos, duermen • Thedifference in formistheaddition of thereflexivepronouns: me, te, se, nos, se • Thedifference in meaningis: • Dormir istosleep • Dormirse istofallasleep Dormir vs. Dormirse

Rememberthat in a sentencewhenthere are 2 verbsnexttoeachother, youconjugatethefirstverb and leavethesecondverb in its regular form. (Ex. Yo necesito trabajar.) Therule is a littledifferentwhen a verbisfollowedby a reflexiveverb. *Instead of placingthereflexivepronoun in front of theverb, youwillleaveitattachedtotheinfinitive and changeit so thatitagreeswiththesubject. Someexamples: Tú necesitas levantarte. / Yo necesito maquillarme. / Ana necesita levantarse. A verbfollowedby a reflexiveverb:

Todos los días, yo ____1.____ (levantarse) a las 7:00. __2.___(ir) al baño, ___3.____(lavarse) la cara, y _____4._____ (afeitarse). Luego ____5____ (vestirse (i)) y ____6____(comer) un poco de desayuno. Por fin, ____7.____ (lavarse) los dientes. A morning routine

Todos los días yo 1.me levanto a las 7:00. 2.Voy al baño, 3.me lavo la cara y 4.me afeito. Luego 5.me visto y 6.como un poco de desayuno. Por fin, 7.me lavo los dientes Respuestas

Juana ___1____(despertarse (ie) a las 6:30 y ____2______(levantarse). ____3____ (ir) al baño, y ____4_____(ducharse). Ella ___5____(secarse), ____6___(peinarse) y ____7____(maquillarse). Let’s do another

Juana 1.se despierta a las 6:30 y 2.se levanta. 3.Va al baño, y 4.se ducha. Ella 5.se seca, 6.se peina y 7.se maquilla.

True! But keep in mind that the verb changes as it always does. You just have to remember to use the reflexive pronouns (me, te, se, nos, se)if you see an infinitive that ends in ‘se’ Whew! That’s a lot to remember

Let’s practice!

Los verbos reflexivos