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Reflexive Verbs In English, pronouns that indicated that the subject of the sentence does something to himself or herself are called reflexive... In English reflexive pronouns end in -self (-selves)... I cut myself shaving. She looked at herself in the mirror. We embarassed ourselves. The small children dressed themselves. Spanish has reflexive pronouns and often uses them in phrases where English does not. The reflexive pronoun still refers back to the subject of the sentence. Me levanto a las seis. I get up at six. Se lava los dientes. He brushes his teeth. Nos vamos. Let’s go. The reflexive pronouns in Spanish are Note how the somewhat like the indirectverb objectalways pronouns. reflexive Instead of le andrefers les, however, reflexive back tothe the pronoun se is used. subject: Me gusta | (yo) me lavo te gusta | (tú) te lavas le gusta | (Ana) se lava nos gusta | (nosotros) nos lavamos les gusta | (Ellos) se lavan Levantarse temprano. me levanto temprano. Yo _______ te levantas temprano. Tú ______ se Pablo ________ levanta temprano. nos Nosotros _________ levantamos temprano. Ustedes _______ levantan temprano. se Ana y Lupe _______ se levantan temprano. Acostarse tarde. me acuesto tarde. Yo _______ te acuestas tarde. Tú ______ se Pablo ________ acuesta tarde. nos Nosotros _________ acostamos tarde. se acuestan tarde. Ustedes _______ se Ana y Lupe _______ acuestan tarde. Reflexive pronouns normally are placed directly before the verb, but they may be (but do not have to be) attached to infinitives and present participles Me lavo los dientes. Estoy lavándo me los dientes. Voy a lavar me los dientes pronto. Fill in the blank with the correct reflexive pronoun: Me (Yo) _________ levanto a las seis. nos (Nosotros) _________ acostamos a las diez y media.. se Rogelio _________ lava los dientes. se Los niños _________ duermen inmediatemente. Fill in the blank with the correct reflexive pronoun: se Mi hermana_________ lava el pelo y se después _______ seca el pelo con un secador de pelo. Por la mañana, siempre _________ me levanto temprano, _______ quito los me me piyamas, y _______ pongo la ropa.