Reciprocal Reflexives

So far… You have learned that reflexive verbs indicate that the subject of a sentence does the action to itself. Pablo se afeita. Claudia se maquilla. Winnie the Pooh se mira en el espejo. Patricia se baña.

Reciprocal reflexives Reciprocal reflexives, on the other hand, express a shared or reciprocal action between two or more people or things. In this context, the pronoun means to each other or to one another. Ex. Mickey y Minnie se miran. Mickey and Minnie look at each other.

Plural Forms Only the plural forms of the reflexive pronouns (nos, os, se) are used to express reciprocal actions because the action must involve more than one person or thing. Ex. Cuando nos vimos en la calle, nos abrazamos. When we saw each other on the street, we hugged (one another). Ex. Ustedes se encontraron en el cibercafé. You met (each other) at the cybercafé. Ex. Nos ayudamos en la clase de español. We helped (each other) in Spanish class. Ex. Los novios se besaron en la boda suya. The bride and groom kissed (each other) at their wedding.

¿Recuerdan? ¿Cómo se dice? besarse ayudarse saludarse escucharse odiarse encontrarse comprenderse abrazarse hablarse to kiss (each other) to help (each other) to greet (each other) to listen (to each other) to hate (each other) to meet (each other) to understand (each other) to hug (each other) to talk (to each other)

¡Vamos a practicar! Necesitan traducir las frases 1. Juan and Ana hug each other on the street. 2. Pamela and her boyfriend kiss in the car. 3. The mechanic and his client talk to each other at the repair shop. 4. The students help each other with the website. 5. My friends and I meet each other at the cybercafé. 6. They hate each other because of the text message that Juliana sent. Juan y Ana se abrazan en la calle. Pamela y su novio se besan en el carro. El mecánico y su cliente se hablan en el taller. Los estudiantes se ayudan con el sitio web. Mis amigos y yo nos encontramos en el cibercafé. Ellos se odian por el mensaje de texto que mandó Juliana.

On your handout, fill in the blanks with the correct reciprocal reflexive. nos ayudamos se odian nos besamos se abrazan nos saludamos se encontraron se escuchan se hablan

Las respuestas se hablan se odian nos saludamos nos besamos nos ayudamos se abrazan se encontraron se escuchan