capítulo 2a page 80 realidades 2 reflexive verbs

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Realidades 2Reflexive Verbs

Reflexive Verbs

•Reflexive verbs are used to tell that a person does something to or for himself or herself – not someone else.

Arreglar el pelo de mi hermana Arreglarse el pelo

Reflexive Verbs•Reflexive verbs have two parts: a reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, se) and a verb form.vestirse afeitarse

ducharse acostarse

Reflexive Verbs

LAVARSE (to wash oneself)

VerbForm

ReflexivePronoun

Reflexive Verbs

•In English, we really don’t identify with reflexive verbs. So these will seem strange to you.

Reflexive Verbs

•In English, a sentence using a “so called” reflexive verb might be…•Lauren brushes her hair.•Scott bathes himself.

Reflexive Verbs

•You must remember that these are actions being done to oneself, by oneself. For example:•I wash my (my own) hair.•Me lavo el pelo.

Reflexive Pronounsme (to or for

myself)te (to or for yourself)

se (to or for himself, herself, it)

nos (to or for ourselves)

se (to or for themselves, you all, or each other)

LAVARSEme lavoI wash myself

te lavasYou wash yourself

se lavaHe, She, It washes himelf, etc

nos lavamosWe wash ourselves

se lavanThey wash themselves

Reflexive Pronouns

They can either go before a conjugated verb or after an infinitive.Before the verb:•Me voy a lavar el pelo. After the infinitive:•Voy a lavarme el pelo.

Reflexive Verbs

•Let’s do more verbs!

CEPILLARSE

me cepillo

te cepillas

se cepilla

nos cepillamos

se cepillan

DUCHARSE

me ducho

te duchas

se ducha

nos duchamos

se duchan

Reflexive Verbs

•When using reflexive verbs to talk about parts of the body, use the definite article. (the el, la, los, las that mean “the”)•Nos lavamos el pelo.•Te cepillas los dientes?

Despertarse (e to ie)

Yo __________________________ Nosotros _______________________

Tú __________________________

El/Ella/Ud. ___________________ Ellos/Ellas/Uds. ___________________

levantarse

Yo __________________________ Nosotros _______________________

Tú __________________________

El/Ella/Ud. ___________________ Ellos/Ellas/Uds. ___________________

Vestirse ( e to i)

Yo __________________________ Nosotros _______________________

Tú __________________________

El/Ella/Ud. ___________________ Ellos/Ellas/Uds. ___________________

Ponerse el maquillaje oel desodorante

Yo __________________________ Nosotros _______________________

Tú __________________________

El/Ella/Ud. ___________________ Ellos/Ellas/Uds. ___________________