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Los verbos reflexivosObjective: • To be able to talk about your

daily routine.• Getting ready for a special event.

REFLEXIVE VERBS In this presentation, we are

going to look at a special group of verbs called reflexive verbs

Let’s start out by thinking of the English verb to wash.

lavo lavamos

lavas laváis

lava lavan

TO WASH THE CAR…

I can wash things that are not part of me.

In Spanish, we say:

Yo lavo el carro.The action of

the verb goes

to the car.

Subject: I, Verb: washObject: car

NOW LET’S TAKE “LAVAR” AND ADD “SE” TO IT. IT BECOMES “LAVARSE” WHICH IS NOW REFLEXIVE. THIS “SE” ATTACHED TO THE VERB INDICATES THAT SUBJECT AND THE ACTION ARE THE SAME.

You can wash yourself or a part of your body: hands, face, hair…

I wash my hands. In Spanish:

Me lavo las manos.

Subject: I, Verb: wash

Object: myself

THE POINT IS…

If you are washing something that is attached to your body, you need to use reflexive pronouns.

WHAT ARE THE REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS?

me noste osse se

LET’S CONJUGATE LAVARSE

me lavo nos lavamos

te lavas os laváis

se lava se lavanThe endings are still the same. In this case these are endings for regular “ar” verbs in the present tense.

AFEITARSE & ACOSTARSEMe afeito Nos

afeitamosTe afeitas Os afeitáisSe afeita Se afeitan

Me acuesto Nos acostamos

Te acuestas Os acostáisSe acuesta Se

acuestan

NOTICE THE PLACEMENT OF THE REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS IN SPANISH:

Sue bathes herself.reflexive pronoun

subject

Sue

Sue se baña.

reflexive pronoun

subject

NOTICE THE PLACEMENT OF THE REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS IN SPANISH:

Joe shaves himself.reflexive pronoun

subject

Joe

Joe se afeita.

reflexive pronoun

subject

The reflexive pronoun goes before the conjugated verb.

**WHEN YOU HAVE TWO VERBS IN A SENTENCE. **

Non-Reflexive: You must conjugate the first verb and you keep the infinitive for the 2nd one.

For example: I need to wash the car: Necesito lavar el coche.

REFLEXIVE:

1. If we follow the placement rule from above (Sue se baña), you place the pronoun BEFORE CONJUGATED VERBS.

I need to wash my hair. Me necesito lavar el pelo.

She needs to put make up on. Se necesita maquillar.

2. You can also ATTACH the reflexive pronoun to the infinitive.

I need to wash my hair. Necesito lavarme el pelo.

She needs to put make up on. Necesita maquillarse.

Keep in mind: Just as you would NEVER write “Yo lavar el carro.” You CANNOT write “Yo lavarme el pelo”

How would you fix “Yo lavarme el pelo” based on the two rules?

1. Necesito lavarme el pelo. 2. Me necesito lavar el pelo.

Or if you use only one verb, 3. Me lavo el pelo.

REMEMBER….

Place the reflexive pronoun BEFORE the CONJUGATED verb

OR ATTACHED to the INFINITIVE

When you have two verbs next to each other conjugate the first one only.