Los Verbos Reflexivos

1. Los Verbos Reflexivos

2. What are reflexive verbs? • A verb is reflexive when the subject and the object are the same. • In English: • I wash myself. • I bath myself. • I shave myself. • What are some other reflexives in English?

3. I wash myself. • Subject: I • Verb: Wash • Object: Myself • Since the subject and object are the same, the verb is reflexive.

4. Is this Reflexive? • I wash the car.subject: Iverb: washobject: car • Since the subject and object are different, the verb is not reflexive.

5. Here's another example of how a verb can be either reflexive or non-reflexive. • I scratch myself.subject: Iverb: scratchobject: myself • Since the subject and object are the same, the verb is reflexive. • I scratch the dog.subject: Iverb: scratchobject: dog • Since the subject and object are different, the verb is not reflexive.

6. Reflexive or not? • I bathe. • I bathe the baby. • I wake up my brother. • I wake up.

7. When a verb is reflexive, the infinitive ends in "se." • lavarto wash (non-reflexive) • lavarseto wash oneself (reflexive) • rascarto scratch (non-reflexive) • rascarseto scratch oneself (reflexive)

8. There is one reflexive verb you have been using since you began studying Spanish. • llamarse - to call oneself • ¿Cómo se llama usted?What do you call yourself? • Me llamo Juan.I call myself Juan.

9. When you learned to conjugate regular verbs, you needed to learn a set of pronouns called "subject pronouns." • lavar • yo lavotú lavasél, ella, usted lavanosotros/as lavamosvosotros/as laváisellos, ellas, ustedes lavan

10. To learn to conjugate reflexive verbs, you need to learn a different set of pronouns called "reflexive pronouns."

11. The purpose of the reflexive object pronouns is to show that the action of the verb remains with the subject.Lavarse