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Reflexive Verbs

Reflexive Verbs

Reflexive verbs are used to tell that a person does an action to himself or herself.

Reflexive Verbs

Reflexive verbs have two parts: a reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, se) and a verb form.

Reflexive Verbs

LAVARSE(to wash oneself)

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Reflexive Verbs

In English, we really don’t identify with reflexive verbs. So these will seem strange to you.

Reflexive Verbs

In English, a sentence using a “so called” reflexive verb might be…

Lauren brushes her hair. Scott bathes himself.

Reflexive Verbs

You must remember that these are actions being done to oneself, by oneself. For example:

I wash my (my own) hair.

Reflexive Pronouns

me (myself)

te (yourself)

se (himself or herself)

nos (ourselves)

os (yourselves)

se (themselves or yourselves)

TO WASH ONESELF

I wash myself

You wash yourself

He washes himself

We wash ourselves

You wash yourselves

They wash themselves

LAVARSE

me lavo

te lavas

se lava

nos lavamos

os laváis

se lavan

Reflexive Pronouns

They can either go before a conjugated verb or after an infinitive.

Reflexive Pronouns

Before the verb: Me voy a lavar el pelo.

After the infinitive: Voy a lavarme el pelo.

Reflexive Verbs

Let’s do more verbs!

CEPILLARSE

me cepillo

te cepillas

se cepilla

nos cepillamos

os cepilláis

se cepillan

DUCHARSE

me ducho

te duchas

se ducha

nos duchamos

os ducháis

se duchan

Reflexive Verbs

When using reflexive verbs to talk about parts of the body, you have to use the definite articles: el, la, los, las

Reflexive Verbs

Nos lavamos el pelo. ¿Te cepillas los dientes?

Reflexive Verbs

Some verbs are not always reflexive:

Reflexive Verbs

Yo despierto a Cecilia a las siete.

I wake up Cecilia at seven. Yo me despierto a las siete. I wake (myself) up at

seven.