REFLEXIVE VERBS IN SPANISH Remember when I told you Me llamo is an expression that translates in English to My name is. Let’s have a look at what really is going on. Llamarse is a reflexive verb which means the Doer of the action = the Receiver as well. So you are literally saying I call myself… In Spanish we use reflexive pronouns to show the difference.

You always need to conjugate a verb in Spanish to make a sentence so let’s review the Regular –ar verb endings: (yo)(nosotros/as) (tú)(vosotros/as) (usted)(ustedes) (él/ella)(ellos/ellas) (yo) llam (nosotros/as) llam (tú) llam (vosotros/as) llam (usted) llam (ustedes) llam (él/ella) llam (ellos/ellas) llam llam - to call oneself o as a amos áis an o as a amos áis me aan a te se os nos se arse

Now let’s look at a stem changer to review. You always need those verb endings! Let’s do an –ir verb. (yo)(nosotros/as) (tú)(vosotros/as) (usted)(ustedes) (él/ella)(ellos/ellas) (yo) vist (nosotros/as) vest (tú) vist (vosotros/as) vest (usted) vist (ustedes) vist (él/ella) vist (ellos/ellas) vist vest (e>i)- to get dressed o es e imos ís en o es e imos ís me een e te se os nos se irse

What is a reflexive verb in Spanish? (Verb=ACTION) It is a when the Doer of the action is the Receiver as well. In Spanish we add the reflexive pronouns, me te, se, nos, os, se, to our sentence to make the difference between a normal sentence. How do we choose the right reflexive pronoun? It depends on the subject pronoun you are using and YOU HAVE TO MEMORIZE THEM. In English SOMETIMES these pronouns translate as myself, yourself, etc, or each other but only sometimes. Often, we wouldn’t translate them at all. Spanish is a foreign language, so PRACTICE,PRACTICE, PRACTICE.

-arENGLISH-erENGLISH acostarse (o>ue)to go to bedponerse el piyama (irregular yo=pongo) to put on your pijamas. despertarse (e>ie)to wake upme pongo la pijama.I put on my pijamas. lavarse la carato wash your face lavarse los dientesto brush your teeth bañarseto take a bath peinarseto comb your hair-ir maquillarseto put on makeupsentirse (e>ie) biento feel good afeitarse las piernas to shave your legssentirse (e>ie) malto not feel good to feel sick quitarse la ropato take off your clothes vestirse (e>i)to get dressed estirarseto stretch levantarseto get up llamarseto call yourself COMMON SPANISH REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

To make a negative sentence. Put «no» before the reflexive pronoun. (él) se lava los dientes. No He doesn´t brush his teeth.

(Yo) No me maquillo. I don’t put on make up. I put on makeup! ¡(Yo) Me maquillo!

(él) Se siente mal. No se siente bien. It feels sick. It doesn´t feel well.

(él) se siente bien. No se siente mal. He feels great. He doesn´t feel sick. Me siento bien.

(nosotros) No nos lavamos las caras. (nosotros) Nos lavamos los dientes. We don’t wash our faces. We brush our teeth.

(ella) Se despierta. (él) No se despierta. She wakes up. He doesn’t wake up.

(ella) No se afeita la cara. (ella) Se afeita las piernas. She doesn´t shave her face. She shaves her legs.

(tú) “No te despiertas. Te duermes.” “You aren’t waking up. You are falling asleep.” (Yo) No me maquillo.

To form a ? put a ¿ at the beginning of the sentence and a ? at the end. (tú) Te duermes ? ¿ Are you falling asleep? Do you fall asleep?