Los Verbos Reflexivos

What is a Reflexive Verb?

A verb is reflexive when the subject (the person doing the action) and the receiver of the action are the

same.

¿Qué?

A verb is reflexive when you do something

TO YOURSELFor

FOR YOURSELFMaría se peina el pelo.

Maria brushes her hair.

Elena peina el pelo de su amiga.

Elena brushes her friend’s hair.

REFLEXIVE! NOT REFLEXIVE!

Un Ejemplo:

This is reflexive because Maria is

brushing her OWN hair. Maria is doing the action to herself.

This is not reflexive because Elena is

brushing SOMEBODY ELSE’S hair. Elena is

doing the action to someone else.

¿Entienden ustedes?Vamos a ver.

Eduardo se pone la ropa.

Eduardo dresses himself.

María pone la ropa a su niña.

Maria dresses her child.

REFLEXIVE!NOT

REFLEXIVE!

¿Reflexivo o no?

Ana se cepilla los dientes.

Ana brushes her teeth.

REFLEXIVE!

El oso se despierta.

The bear wakes himself up.

Juan despierta a su hermano.

Juan wakes up his brother.

REFLEXIVE!NOT

REFLEXIVE!

What do reflexive verbs look like?

• Reflexive verbs always have “-se” attached to the infinitive.

acostarse ducharse

afeitarse secarse

bañarse ponserse la ropa

levantarse arreglarse

• The “-se” at the end of the infinitive verb is called the reflexive pronoun.

Reflexive Pronouns

• It is important to memorize the reflexive pronouns because YOU NEED TO USE THEM in order to conjugate a reflexive verb.

yo: me

tú: te

él, ella, seusted

nosotros: nos

vosotros: os

ellos, ellas, seustedes

These are the reflexive pronouns:

Conjugation• There are three steps to

follow when conjugating reflexive verbs.

1. Move the reflexive pronoun to before the verb.

2. Make the reflexive pronoun agree with the subject.

3. Conjugate the verb in the appropriate tense.

lavarse

me

se

te

se

nos

os

se

lavo

lavas

lava

lavamos

laváis

lavan

yo:

tú:

él, ella,usted

nosotros:

vosotros:

ellos, ellas, ustedes

secarse:

Conjugation

To conjugate a reflexive verb, remember that you need to use the reflexive pronoun first!

me

te

se

nos

os

se

Vamos a conjugar el verbo:

secarse (to dry oneself)Don’t forget the reflexive pronoun!Now conjugate the verb “secar”!

seco

secas

seca

secamos

secáis

secan

ducharse:

Now conjugate the verb:

ducharse (to shower)

Don’t forget the reflexive pronouns!

me ducho nos duchamos

te duchas os ducháis

se ducha se duchan

Con el cuerpo

• When you use reflexive verbs with parts of the body, you use the definite article rather than the possessive adjective.

• In English we say, I brush MY teeth.

• En español: Me cepillo LOS dientes.

Una cosa más:• To say:

“I have to shower.”you can say EITHER:

“Me tengo que duchar.” -OR-

“Tengo que ducharme.”

***The reflexive pronoun can either go BEFORE the conjugated verb (tengo) OR it can be ATTACHED TO THE INFINITIVE.

Otro Ejemplo:To say:

“You are going to get dressed.”you can say EITHER:

“Te vas a vestir.” -OR- “Tú vas a vestirte.”

1. Yo ____________ (despertarse, eie) a las seis de la mañana.

2. Ella ____________ (ducharse) cada mañana.

3. Tú _____________ (cepillarse) los dientes tres veces cada día.

4. Nosotros _______________ (acostarse, oue) a las once.

5. Ellos ____________ (lavarse) el pelo cada día.

Ejercicio

me despierto

se ducha

te cepillas

nos acostamos

se lavan

Conjugate the verb in the parenthesis. Watch out for stem changing verbs and don’t forget the reflexive pronouns!

Conjugation• There are three steps to

follow when conjugating reflexive verbs.

1. Move the reflexive pronoun to before the verb.

2. Make the reflexive pronoun agree with the subject.

3. Conjugate the verb in the appropriate tense.

lavarse

me

se

te

se

nos

os

se

lavé

lavaste

lavó

lavamos

lavasteis

lavaron

yo:

tú:

él, ella,usted

nosotros:

vosotros:

ellos, ellas, ustedes

secarse:

Conjugation

To conjugate a reflexive verb, remember that you need to use the reflexive pronoun first!

me

te

se

nos

os

se

Vamos a conjugar el verbo:

secarse (to dry oneself)Don’t forget the reflexive pronoun!Now conjugate the verb “secar”!

sequé

secaste

secó

secamos

secasteis

secaron

ducharse:

Now conjugate the verb:

ducharse (to shower)

Don’t forget the reflexive pronouns!

me duché nos duchamos

te duchaste os duchasteis

se duchó se ducharon

1. Yo ____________ (despertarse, eie) a las seis de la mañana.

2. Ella ____________ (ducharse) cada mañana.

3. Tú _____________ (cepillarse) los dientes tres veces cada día.

4. Nosotros _______________ (acostarse, oue) a las once.

5. Ellos ____________ (lavarse) el pelo cada día.

Ejercicio

me desperté

se duchó

te cepillaste

nos acostamos

se lavaron

Conjugate the verb in the parenthesis. Watch out for stem changing verbs and don’t forget the reflexive pronouns!