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What are reflexive verbs?

• A verb is reflexive when the subject and the object are the same.

• In English:– I wash myself.– I bathe myself.– I shave myself.

• What are some other reflexives in English?

• I wash myself.– Subject: I– Verb: Wash – Object: Myself

• Since the subject and object are the same, the verb is reflexive.

Is this Reflexive?• I wash the car.

subject: Iverb: washobject: car

• Since the subject and object are different, the verb is not reflexive.

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.

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

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)

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.

When you learned to conjugate regular verbs, you needed to learn a set of pronouns called

"subject pronouns."

• lavar• yo lavo

tú lavasél, ella, usted lavanosotros/as lavamosvosotros/as laváisellos, ellas, ustedes lavan

To learn to conjugate reflexive verbs, you need to learn a

different set of pronouns called "reflexive pronouns."

Me - myself Nos - ourselves

Te – yourself Os – yourselves

Se – himself, herself, yourself

Se – themselves, yourselves

The purpose of the reflexive object pronouns is to show that the action of the verb remains with the

subject.

Lavarse

yo me lavoI wash (myself)

nosotros nos lavamoswe wash (ourselves)

tú te lavasyou wash (yourself) (informal)

vosotros os laváisyou-all wash (yourselves) (informal)

él se lavahe washes (himself)ella se lavashe washes (herself)usted se lavayou wash (yourself) (formal)

ustedes se lavanyou-all wash (yourselves)(formal)ellos se lavanthey wash (themselves)ellas se lavanthey wash (themselves)