Transcript Reflexive verbs intro ppt

HAVE YOUR FLASHCARDS READY TO BE
CHECKED. 
Los verbos reflexivos
Objective:
•To be able to talk about your daily
routine.
•Getting ready for a special event.
REFLEXIVE VERBS
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In this presentation, we are going
to look at a special group of verbs
called reflexive verbs
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Let’s start out by thinking of the
English verb to wash.
lavo
lavamos
lavas
laváis
lava
lavan
TO WASH THE CAR…
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I can wash things that
are not part of me.
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In Spanish, we say:
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Yo lavo el carro.
Subject: I,
Verb: wash
Object: car
NOW LET’S TAKE “LAVAR” AND ADD “SE” TO IT. IT BECOMES “LAVARSE”
WHICH IS NOW REFLEXIVE. THIS “SE” ATTACHED TO THE VERB INDICATES
THAT SUBJECT AND THE ACTION ARE THE SAME.
You can wash yourself
or a part of your body:
hands, face, hair…
 I wash my hands.
In Spanish:
 Me lavo las manos.
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Subject: I,
Verb: wash
Object: myself
THE POINT IS…
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If you are washing
something that is
attached to your
body, you need to
use reflexive
pronouns.
WHAT ARE THE REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS?
me
te
se
nos
os
se
LET’S CONJUGATE LAVARSE
me lavo
nos lavamos
te lavas
os laváis
se lava
se lavan
The endings are still the same. In this case
these are endings for regular “ar” verbs in the
present tense.
AFEITARSE & ACOSTARSE
Me afeito
Te afeitas
Se afeita
Nos afeitamos
Os afeitáis
Se afeitan
Me acuesto
Te acuestas
Se acuesta
Nos acostamos
Os acostáis
Se acuestan
NOTICE THE PLACEMENT OF THE
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS IN SPANISH:
Sue bathes herself.
subject
Sue
reflexive
pronoun
Sue se baña.
subject
reflexive
pronoun
NOTICE THE PLACEMENT OF THE
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS IN SPANISH:
Joe
Joe shaves himself.
subject
reflexive
pronoun
Joe se afeita.
subject
reflexive
pronoun
The
reflexive pronoun goes
before the conjugated verb.
**WHEN YOU HAVE TWO VERBS IN A SENTENCE. **
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Non-Reflexive: You must conjugate the first
verb and you keep the infinitive for the 2nd one.
For example:
 I need to wash the car:
Necesito lavar el coche.
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REFLEXIVE:
1. If we follow the placement rule from above
(Sue se baña), you place the pronoun BEFORE
CONJUGATED VERBS.
 I need to wash my hair.
 Me necesito lavar el pelo.
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She needs to put make up on.
 Se necesita maquillar.
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2. You can also ATTACH the reflexive pronoun to
the infinitive.
 I need to wash my hair.
 Necesito lavarme el pelo.
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She needs to put make up on.
 Necesita maquillarse.
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Keep in mind: Just as you would NEVER write
“Yo lavar el carro.” You CANNOT write “Yo
lavarme el pelo”
How would you fix “Yo lavarme el pelo” based
on the two rules?
 1. Necesito lavarme el pelo.
 2. Me necesito lavar el pelo.
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Or if you use only one verb,
 3. Me lavo el pelo.
REMEMBER….
Place the reflexive pronoun BEFORE the
CONJUGATED verb
 OR
 ATTACHED to the INFINITIVE
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When you have two verbs next to each other
conjugate the first one only.