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Reflexive Verbs

Reflexive verbs are used to tell that a person does an action to himself or herself.

Ex. I wash my hair. Ex. Jim washes his face. NOT reflexive: I wash the dog. NOT reflexive: Jim washes his son’s

face.

Reflexive Verbs

Reflexive verbs have two parts: a reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos,

os, se)

a verb form (lavo, lavas, lava, lavamos, laváis, lavan OR the infinitive--lavar)

Reflexive Verbs

LAVARSE (to wash oneself)

Verb FormReflexive Pronoun

In ENGLISH!“TO WASH ONESELF”

I wash myself

You wash yourself

He/ she washes himself/ herself

We wash ourselves

You wash yourselves

They wash themselves

Reflexive Pronouns

(Yo) me “myself”

(Tú) te “yourself”

(Él/ella/ Ud.) se “himself” or “herself”

(Nosotros) nos “ourselves”

(Vosotros) os “yourselves”

(Ellos/ ellas/ Uds.) se “themselves” or “yourselves”

In Spanish!“LAVARSE”

(Yo) me lavo

(Tú) te lavas

(Él/ ella/ Ud.) se lava

(Nosotros) nos lavamos

(Vosotros) os laváis

(Ellos/ ellas/ Uds.) se lavan

Reflexive Verbs

In English, we don’t have to use a reflexive pronoun. We really don’t have to say “my own” or “myself,” “your own” or “yourself” etc. because it’s rather redundant.

Ex. I wash my (own) hair. Ex. You dry (yourself) off with a

towel.

Reflexive Verbs

In Spanish, because we don’t use the possessive adjective [mi(s), tu(s), su(s) etc.], we must use a reflexive pronoun.

I dry my hands. = (Yo) Me seco las manos.

You brush your teeth = (Tú) Te cepillas los dientes.

Reflexive Verbs

When using reflexive verbs to talk about parts of the body, you have to use the definite articles: el, la, los, las

Reflexive Verbs

¿Cómo se dice en inglés...? Nos lavamos el pelo. ¿Te cepillas los dientes? Me lavo las manos. Ella se levanta a las seis.

A practicar!“CEPILLARSE”

me cepillo

te cepillas

se cepilla

nos cepillamos

os cepilláis

se cepillan

A practicar!“DUCHARSE”

me ducho

te duchas

se ducha

nos duchamos

os ducháis

se duchan