Transcript Reflexive Verbs

Reflexive
Verbs
Reflexive Verb
Reflexive Verb: verb in which someone does
something to themselves.
Ejemplo: He washes his face. I brush my hair.
Important
A reflexive verb must always have a
“reflexive pronoun” with it.
Reflexive Pronouns
Me (myself)
(ourselves)
Nos
Te (yourself)
Se (himself, herself, themselves, you all’s selves,
oneself)
Pronoun Placement
If the reflexive verb has been conjugated, the reflexive
pronoun must go before the reflexive verb.
Example: Me cepillo el pelo. (I brush my hair.)
reflexive
pronoun
conjugated
verb
Reflexive Verb Examples
Me lavo. (I wash myself.)
Te cepillas el pelo. (You brush your hair.)
To make it negative...
simply put a “no” before the reflexive pronoun.
Ejemplo: Me lavo. (I wash myself.)
No me lavo. (I don’t wash myself.)
Body Parts & Clothing
When using a reflexive verb with a body part or article
of clothing, you must always use the definite article
(el, la, los, las) before the body part or clothing.
Ejemplos: Me lavo la cara.
(I wash my face.)
Me pongo la chaqueta.
(I put on a jacket.)
Reflexive Infinitives
When you are going to use a reflexive verb in it’s
infinitive form (unconjugated) you must have the
reflexive pronoun attached to the end of the verb.
Reflexive Infinitive Examples
The reflexive pronoun will be added to the end of the
infinitive to make one word.
sentarse (to seat oneself)
mirarme (to look at myself)
mirarte (to look at yourself)
infinitive
reflexive pronoun
Checking for Understanding
What is a Reflexive Verb?
Reflexive Verb:
verb in which
someone does
something to
themselves.
What must a Reflexive Verb
always have with it?
Reflexive Pronoun
Name the 4 Reflexive
Pronouns.
Me
Te
Se
Nos
How do you make a reflexive
action negative?
Put a NO in front of it
When using a reflexive verb with a body
part or article of clothing, what must you
use with it?
definite article (el,la,los,las)
When you are going to use a Reflexive
Verb in the infinitive form, where does
the reflexive pronoun belong?
At the end of the infinitive to make one
word
When a Reflexive Verb is conjugated,
where does the reflexive pronoun belong?
Before the conjugated reflexive verb
How would you say...
We wash ourselves. (lavarse)
Nos lavamos.
How would you say...
She looks at herself. (mirarse)
Ella se mira.
How would you say...
They brush their teeth. (cepillarse)
Ellos se cepillan los dientes.
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