1. LOS VERBOS REFLEXIVOS
Spanish 2A

2. What are reflexive verbs?
A reflexive verb is used when the subject and the object are the same.
The subject is the person doing the action
The object to the person/thing to whom the action is being done.

3. REFLEXIVE NOT English Example I wash my face I wash the car Subject: I
Object: my face
Object: the car
REFLEXIVE
NOT

4. Reflexive verbs have 2 parts
Reflexive pronoun
Indicated by “se” at the end of the infinitive form
It gets changed to match the object
The reflexive pronoun is normally moved in front of the conjugated verb!
Verb
After we have moved the reflexive pronoun to the front, we can conjugate the verb as we usually do!
me = myself
nos = ourselves
te = yourself
os = yourselves
se = himself, herself,
yourself (formal)
se = themselves, yourselves (uds.)

5. Full conjugation of lavarse
Yo me lavo
I wash myself
Nosotros nos lavamos
We wash ourselves
Tú te lavas
You wash yourself
Vosotros os laváis
Ya’ll wash yourselves
Él se lava – He washes himself
Ella se lava – She washes herself
Usted se lava
You (formal) wash yourself
Ellos se lavan
They wash themselves
Ustedes se lavan
You all wash yourselves

6. Tú te lav as ar se la cara Un Ejemplo Lavarse (to wash oneself)
Let’s say we want to write,
“You wash your face” Tú te
lav as ar se
la cara

7. Un Ejemplo Los chicos afeit ar an se Afeitarse (to shave)
Let’s say we want to write,
“The boys shave (themselves).”
Los chicos
afeit ar an se

8. Un Ejemplo Ella desp ie e rt ar a se Despertarse (to wake up) e ie
Let’s say we want to write,
“She wakes (herself) up.”
Ella
desp ie e rt ar a se

9. Reflexives in the infinitive form
REMEMBER: WE NEVER PUT 2 CONJUGATED VERBS NEXT TO EACH OTHER!!!
This applies to reflexive verbs, too!
When a reflexive verb is in the infinitive form, we still change the reflexive pronoun to match the object….
but the reflexive pronoun stays at the END of the verb!
Un ejemplo:
I need to shower (myself).
Yo necesito
duchar
me.
se.