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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)
VerbForm
ReflexivePronoun
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.
