Los Verbos Reflexivos

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Los Verbos Reflexivos
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• Reflexive Verbs generally refer to actions that
  people do to/for/with themselves.
• We usually think of personal care verbs when we
  think of Reflexives.
• Reflexive verbs are also often verbs that express
  emotions.
• We can recognize a Reflexive verb by the se
  attached to the end of the infinitive.
• Lavarse
• Maquillarse
• Vestirse
• Ponerse

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Reflexive Pronoun

• The Reflexive Pronoun (-se) will change to match
  the person doing the action.
• Yo me
• Tú te
• El/Ella/Ud. se
• Nosotros nos
• Vosotros os
• Ellas/Ellos/Uds. se

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Por ejemplo

• Lavarse
• Yo me lavo
• Tú te lavas
• Ella se lava
• Vosotros os lavais
• Nosotros nos lavamos
• Ellos se lavan

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Where do we put the pronouns?
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With Conjugated Verbs

• When the verb is conjugated the pronoun comes
  directly before the verb.
• Anita se lavó el pelo anoche.
• Yo me acuesto temprano los lunes.
• Tú siempre te vistes bien.

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With Compound Verbs using Infinitives

• When we have two verbs working together we
  conjugate the first and leave the second as an
  infinitive. We have two choices on pronoun
  placement
• Yo me voy a duchar.
• Yo voy a ducharme.

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With Actions in Progress

• With actions in progress we have two choices for
  pronoun placement
• 1. Ella se está maquillando.
• 2. Ella está maquillándose.

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With Affirmative Commands

• With Affirmative Commands we will ALWAYS attach
  the pronoun to the end of the verb
• Báñate!
• Báñense!

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With Negative Commands

• With negative commands we will ALWAYS put the
  pronoun in front of the verb
• No te bañes!
• No se bañen!

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• Remember that when a verb is reflexive we can
  NEVER forget to use the appropriate pronouns with
  it!!! We cant just leave them off.