Los verbos reflexivos Objective: To be able to talk about your daily routine. Getting ready for a special event.

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1 Los verbos reflexivos Objective: To be able to talk about your daily routine. Getting ready for a special event.

2  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.

3  There are two ways to talk about washing in Spanish  First, to wash something else  I wash my clothes  I wash the car  Second, to wash part of one’s body.  I wash my hands  I wash my hair

4  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.

5  I also wash my body and things on my body: hands, face, hair…  I wash my hands. In spanish we say:  Me lavo las manos.

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

7 menos teos se

8 me lavonos lavamos te lavasos laváis se lavase lavan The endings are still the same. In this case these are endings for regular “ar” verbs in the present tense.

9 Sue bathes herself. reflexive pronoun subject Sue Sue se baña. reflexive pronoun subject

10 Joe shaves himself. reflexive pronoun subject Joe Joe se afeita. reflexive pronoun subject

11  The reflexive pronoun goes before the conjugated verb.

12  How to conjugate reflexive verbs  Start with the verb.  1 Drop “se”  2. Determine what kind of verb it is “ar”, “er, or “ir”  3. Put the appropriate -ar, -er or -ir “ending” of the verb  4. Put the correct “reflexive pronoun” in front of the “conjugated” verb.  How to conjugate reflexive verbs  Start with the verb.  1 Drop “se”  2. Determine what kind of verb it is “ar”, “er, or “ir”  3. Put the appropriate -ar, -er or -ir “ending” of the verb  4. Put the correct “reflexive pronoun” in front of the “conjugated” verb.

13  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

14 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

15  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.

16  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

17  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.

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

19  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.