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

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

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

Notice the placement of the reflexive pronouns in Spanish: Ana looks at herself. Ana reflexive pronoun subject Ana se mira. subject reflexive pronoun

Ahora trate de conjugar los siguientes verbos reflexivos.

lavarse yo yo me lavo

lavarse ella se lava

lavarse nosotros nos lavamos

lavarse Ud. se lava

lavarse ellas se lavan

lavarse él él se lava

dormirse (ue) él él se duerme

dormirse (ue) ellas se duermen

dormirse (ue) tú tú te duermes

dormirse (ue) yo yo me duermo

dormirse (ue) ella se duerme

dormirse (ue) nosotros nos dormimos

vestirse (i) ella se viste

vestirse (i) nosotros nos vestimos

vestirse (i) Ud. se viste

vestirse (i) yo yo me visto

acostarse (ue) yo yo me acuesto

acostarse (ue) él él se acuesta

acostarse (ue) ellas se acuestan

acostarse (ue) yo yo me acuesto

acostarse (ue) tú tú te acuestas