Los verbos reflexivosObjective: •To talk about your daily routine.•Getting ready for a special event.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

me noste osse se

me lavo nos lavamos

te lavas os laváisse lava se lavanThe endings are still the same. In this case these are endings for regular “ar” verbs in the present tense.

Sue bathes herself.reflexiv

e pronoun

subject

Sue

Sue se baña.

reflexive pronoun

subject

Joe shaves himself.reflexiv

e pronoun

subject

Joe

Joe se afeita.

reflexive pronoun

subject

The reflexive pronouns go before the conjugated verb.

How to conjugate reflexive verbsStart 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 verbsStart 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.

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

DORMIRDORMIRSE

TO SLEEPTO FALL ASLEEP

duermome duermo

dormimosnos dormimos

duermeste duermes

dormísos dormís

duermese duerme

duermense duermen

Todos los días, yo _________ (levantarse) a las 7:00. ____________(lavarse) la cara, y _________ (afeitarse). Luego ____________ (vestirse (e-i)) y ___________(comer) un poco de desayuno. Por fin, ________ (cepillarse) los dientes.

Todos los días, yo _________ (levantarse) a las 7:00. ____________(lavarse) la cara, y _________ (afeitarse). Luego ____________ (vestirse (e-i)) y ___________(comer) un poco de desayuno. Por fin, ________ (cepillarse) los dientes.

Todos los días yo me levanto a las 7:00.

me lavo la cara y me afeito. Luego me

visto y como un poco de desayuno. Por

fin, me cepillo los dientes

Todos los días yo me levanto a las 7:00.

me lavo la cara y me afeito. Luego me

visto y como un poco de desayuno. Por

fin, me cepillo los dientes

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.

Some examples:

Yo necesito levantarme.

Tú necesitas despertarte.

Nosotros tenemos que bañarnos.

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.