Title: Los Verbos
1Los Verbos Reflexivos en español
2Los Verbos Reflexivos
In the reflexive construction, the subject is
also the object
A person does as well as receives the action
The subject, the pronoun and the verb are all in
the same form
3Por ejemplo
- Yo me levanto a las ocho de la mañana.
- Ella se despierta muy temprano.
- A qué hora te desayunas cada día?
- Mis hermanas se maquillan en su cuarto.
- Nosotros nos acostamos muy tarde.
- Pepito se baña en el baño.
4How do you form these verbs?
levantarse
1. Conjugate the verb as always
2. Add the reflexive pronouns
levanto levantamos levantas levantáis levanta
levantan
me nos te os se se
5despertarse (ie)
despierto despertamos despiertas despertáis de
spierta despiertan
me nos te os se se
vestirse (i)
visto vestimos vistes vestís viste visten
me nos te os se se
6acostarse (ue)
acuesto acostamos acuestas acostáis acuesta a
cuestan
me nos te os se se
cepillarse
cepillo cepillamos cepillas cepilláis cepilla
cepillan
me nos te os se se
7- In front of a conjugated verb
- Me acuesto a las diez de la noche.
- Me quiero acostar a las diez de la noche.
- Me estoy acostando ahora mismo.
- Attached to a present participle
- Estoy acostándome ahora mismo.
- Luisa está cepillándose los dientes.
Accents!!
- Attached to an infinitive
- Voy a acostarme ahora mismo.
- Luisa va a cepillarse os dientes.
8Reflexivo o no?
Acostarse Bañarse Cepillarse Despertarse Lavarse L
evantarse Maquillarse Peinarse Quemarse Sentarse
9 un poco de vocabulario
10Puedes contestar estas preguntas?
A qué hora te despiertas por la mañana? Te
sientes bien o mal hoy? Estás desayunándote
ahora mismo? Quieres acostarte ahora? Quién
en tu familia se maquilla? Uds. se lavan las
manos antes de comer?
11Cómo se dice en español?
My mother puts my sister to bed early. I am
going to get up early tomorrow. We have to bathe
the dog now. My sister is combing her hair right
now. My friends want to sit in the library. I
wash the dishes in the kitchen.
12Do you remember?
13Reflexive Verbs
- Reflexive verbs are used to tell that a person
does something to or for him- or herself.
14Reflexive Verbs
- Reflexive verbs have two parts a reflexive
pronoun (me, te, se, nos, se) and a verb form.
15Reflexive Verbs
Reflexive Pronoun
Verb Form
16Reflexive Verbs
- In English, we really dont identify with
reflexive verbs. So these will seem strange to
you.
17Reflexive Verbs
- In English, a sentence using a so called
reflexive verb might be - Lauren brushes her hair.
- Scott bathes himself.
18Reflexive Verbs
- You must remember that these are actions being
done to oneself, by oneself. For example - I wash my (my own) hair.
19Reflexive Pronouns
- nos (to or for ourselves)
- os (to or for you all)
- se (to or for themselves, you all, or
each other) -
- me (to or for myself)
- te (to or for yourself)
- se (to or for himself, herself, it)
20TO WASH ONESELF
- I wash myself
- You wash yourself
- He, She, It washes himelf, etc.
- We wash ourselves
- They wash themselves
21LAVARSE
- nos lavamos
- os laváis
- se lavan
22Reflexive Pronouns
- They can either go before a conjugated verb or
after an infinitive.
23Reflexive Pronouns
- Before the verb
- Me voy a lavar el pelo.
- After the infinitive
- Voy a lavarme el pelo.
24Reflexive Verbs
25CEPILLARSE
- me cepillo
- te cepillas
- se cepilla
- nos cepillamos
- os cepilláis
- se cepillan
26DUCHARSE
- me ducho
- te duchas
- se ducha
- nos duchamos
- os ducháis
- se duchan
27Reflexive Verbs
- When using reflexive verbs to talk about parts of
the body, use the definite article. (the el, la,
los, las that mean the)
28Dormirse
- yo me duermo
- tú te duermes
- él se duerme
- nosotros nos dormimos
- ellos se duermen
- This is another stem-changing verb.
29Ponerse
- yo me pongo
- tú te pones
- él se pone
- nosotros nos ponemos
- ellos se ponen
- This go verb changes as usual.
30Sentarse (e gt ie)
- yo me siento
- tú te sientas
- él se sienta
- nosotros nos sentamos
- ellos se sientan
- This verb is stem-changing.
31Dormir vs Dormirse
- 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
- Reflexive verbs often have a special meaning,
such as change in condition from being awake
to being asleep.
32A morning routine
- Todos los días, yo ______ (levantarse) a las
700. ______ (ir) al baño, _______ (lavarse) la
cara, y _______ (afeitarse). Luego ______
(vestirse e gt i) y ______ (tomar) un poco de
desayuno. Por fin, _______ (lavarse) los
dientes. - Hint not all the verbs in this paragraph are
reflexive!
33A morning routine
- Todos los días, yo me levanto a las 700. Voy al
baño, me lavo la cara, y me afeito. Luego me
visto y tomo un poco de desayuno. Por fin, me
lavo los dientes. - Did you remember to use a reflexive pronoun with
levanto, lavo, afeito, and visto? - Did you remember to change the stem for visto?
34Lets do another
- Lets do another
- Juana ______ (despertarse e gt ie) a las 630,
________ (levantarse), ______ (ir) al baño, y
________ (ducharse). Ella ______ (secarse),
_______ (peinarse), y _______ (pintarse) la cara.
35Otra rutina diaria
- Juana se despierta a las 630, se levanta, va al
baño, y se ducha. Ella se seca, se peina, y se
pinta la cara. - Did you remember to use a reflexive pronoun with
despierta, levanta, ducha, seca, peina, and
pinta? - Did you remember to change the stem on despierta?
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36Other things to remember
- If you use certain two-part verb combinations,
the reflexive verb can either before the first
verb or can be attached to the second verb. - Querer levantarse
- Quiero levantarme
- Me quiero levantar
- Quieres levantarte
- Te quieres levantar
- etc.
- Make sure that the reflexive pronoun agrees with
the subject yo ltgt me, tú ltgt te
37What about progressives?
- Remember that progressives are also two-part verb
combinations - Estoy comiendo
- Estamos escribiendo
- Refelxive pronouns can go before or after the
verb - Estoy lavándome el pelo
- Estamos lavándonos el pelo
- Me estoy lavando el pelo
- Nos estamos lavando el pelo
38Whew! Thats a lot to remember!
- True! But keep in mind that the verb changes as
it always does. You just have to remember to use
the reflexive pronoun if you see an infinitive
that ends in se. -