Los Verbos Reflexivos

Verbs are reflexive if you are doing the action to yourself. In other words, the subject is also receiving the action.

Reflexive: Not reflexive: He’s washing his hair. She bathes in the morning (herself). You brush your hair. The mom is washing her son’s hair. The mother bathes her baby every day. They are brushing the dog’s hair.

Decide if the verbs in these sentences would be reflexive 1. I have to shave today. reflexive 2. The woman put make-up on me. not reflexive 3. I am combing Julia’s hair. 4. We are getting dressed.

Decide if the verbs in these sentences would be reflexive: 5. I need to take a bath. reflexive 6. I am taking off my shoes. 7. You wake up your brother at 7:30. not reflexive 8. They went to bed at 10:30.

…show when a person does an action to oneself Reflexive Verbs… …show when a person does an action to oneself * Me lavo el pelo = I wash my hair. The hair is a part of me so it’s reflexive. * Lavo el pelo de Juan = I wash Juan’s hair. The hair is NOT a part me of, so it’s NOT reflexive.

Two more examples: (myself). * Me maquillo. = I’m putting makeup on (myself). * Maquillo a Ana. = I’m putting makeup on Ana. I’m putting makeup on somebody else, so it’s NOT reflexive.

Not Reflexive vs. Reflexive Lavo los platos. Cepillas el perro. Pongo los libros en la mesa. Ellos secan los platos. Me lavo la cara. Te cepillas el pelo. Me pongo una falda. Se secan el pelo.

Reflexive Verbs… …always end in “se” before they are conjugated Some Examples: lavarse = to wash oneself bañarse = to bathe oneself peinarse = to comb one’s hair vestirse = to dress oneself

lavarse ~ to wash oneself me lavo I wash myself nos lavamos we wash ourselves te lavas you wash yourself os laváis You all (fam) wash yourselves se lava He/she/You (F) wash him/her/yourself se lavan They/you all (f) wash themselves/yourselves

Reflexive Verbs have 2 parts: 1) the verb: (the part with the -ar, -er or -ir) ducharse vestirse acostarse quitarse 2) the reflexive pronoun: me nos te os se myself ourselves yourself yourselves himself herself, yourself (for) themselves yourselves (for)

Steps for Conjugating Regular conjugating rules still apply.  Yes, even stem-changing verbs! Add the “itty-bitty” reflexive pronoun in front in order to match the subject.

acostarse – to put oneself to bed An Example acostarse – to put oneself to bed me acuesto nos acostamos te acuestas os acostáis se acuesta se acuestan

You try… vestirse (e-i) – to dress oneself me visto nos vestimos te vistes os vestís se viste se visten

Remember… When we conjugate one reflexive verb, we put the reflexive pronoun before the conjugated verb. Me lavo …. NOT lavarme… NOT lavome

¡Practicamos! ponerse – yo quitarse – mi madre secarse – mi hermano levantarse – mis padres I shave We put on make up You (fam) get dressed They wake-up me pongo se quita se seca se levantan me afeito nos maquillamos te vistes se despiertan Verbs that stem-change STILL require a stem-change even if it’s reflexive!

Another rule…. You can’t claim ownership for clothing or body parts when using reflexive verbs! Se pone el sombrero. NOT ---Se pone su sombrero. He puts on THE hat, not -- He puts on HIS hat. Me cepillo los dientes. NOT ---Me cepillo mis dientes. I brush THE teeth, not -- I brush MY teeth. You Try 1. I wash my face. 2. She brushes her teeth. 3. They shave their legs. Me lavo la cara. Se cepilla los dientes. Se afeitan las piernas.

¡El Fin…Para Hoy! 1. Name the Reflexive Pronouns 2. What does it mean to be “reflexive”? 3. Where do we place the reflexive pronoun? 4. Is “Te bañas” reflexive? Explain. 5. Is “Le maquillo” reflexive? Explain.