Los verbos reflexivos Objective: 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. Conjugate to wash lavo lavamos lavas laváis lava lavan

The action of the verb goes to the car. 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: wash Object: car

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

Let’s conjugate Lavarse me lavo nos lavamos te lavas os laváis se lava se lavan The endings are still the same. In this case these are endings for regular “ar” verbs in the present tense.

Me afeito Nos afeitamos Te afeitas Os afeitáis Se afeita Se afeitan Afeitarse & acostarse Me afeito Nos afeitamos Te afeitas Os afeitáis Se afeita Se afeitan Me acuesto Nos acostamos Te acuestas Os acostáis Se acuesta Se acuestan

Notice the placement of the reflexive pronouns in Spanish: Sue bathes herself. subject reflexive pronoun Sue Sue se baña. reflexive pronoun subject

Notice the placement of the reflexive pronouns in Spanish: Joe Joe shaves himself. subject reflexive pronoun Joe se afeita. reflexive pronoun subject

The reflexive pronoun goes before the conjugated verb.

**When you have two verbs in a sentence. ** Helping Verb + infinitive 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 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.

Las respuestas Me necesito duchar. Me ducho. Necesito ducharme. (Ella) Se quiere maquillar. (Ella) Quiere maquillarse. Nos tenemos que cepillar el pelo. Tenemos que cepillarnos el pelo. Me ducho. (Ella) se maquilla. Nos cepillamos 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.

Dormirse : to fall asleep Dormir vs. Dormirse The verb forms are the same: duermo, duermes, duerme, dormimos, duermen The difference in form is the addition of the reflexive pronouns: me, te, se, nos, se The difference in meaning is: Dormir : to sleep Dormirse : to fall asleep

DORMIR DORMIRSE TO SLEEP TO FALL ASLEEP duermo me duermo dormimos nos dormimos duermes te duermes dormís os dormís duerme se duerme duermen se duermen

A morning routine Todos los días, yo ____1.____ (levantarse) a las 7:00. ___2.____(lavarse) la cara, y _____3._____ (afeitarse). Luego ____4.____ (vestirse (e-i)) y ____5.____(comer) un poco de desayuno. Por fin, ____6.____ (cepillarse) los dientes.

Respuestas Todos los días yo 1.me levanto a las 7:00. 2.Me lavo la cara y 4.me afeito. Luego 5.me visto y 6.como un poco de desayuno. Por fin, 7.me cepillo los dientes

A verb followed by a reflexive verb: Remember that in a sentence when there are 2 verbs next to each other, you conjugate the first verb and leave the second verb in its infinitive form. EX: Yo necesito estudiar. The rule is a little different when a verb is followed by a reflexive verb. Instead of placing the reflexive pronoun in front of the verb, you will leave it attached to the infinitve, BUT CHANGE IT to AGREE with the subject.

Some examples: Yo necesito levantarme. Tú necesitas despertarte. Nosotros queremos bañarnos.