Reflexive Verbs Reflexive reflects the action of the

Reflexive Verbs Reflexive ---- “reflects” the action of the verb back to the subject

Reflexive ---- “reflects” the action back to the subject María cepilla al perro. María se cepilla. Marco baña al perro. Marco se baña. In the top two sentences the subject (María/Marco) perform the action. The dog receives the action. In the bottom two sentences, the subject (María/Marco) both perform AND receive the action. The “se” indicates that the action of the verb is reflected back to the subject.

What does a reflexive pronoun do? A reflexive pronoun shows that the direct object is the same as the doer. For example: Sue bathes herself. subject reflexive pronoun

Now try to identify the reflexive pronouns in the following sentences. Joe shaves himself. subject reflexive pronoun

Ana looks at herself. subject reflexive pronoun

I talk to myself. subject reflexive pronoun

We sing to ourselves. subject reflexive pronoun

The following are the reflexive pronouns in English: The Spanish equivalents are as follows: myself = me ourselves = nos yourself = te yourself = se himself = se herself = se yourselves = se themselves = se