Reflexive Verbs and Reflexive Pronouns in Spanish: Meaning, Examples, and Rules, Slides of Spanish

Download Reflexive Verbs and Reflexive Pronouns in Spanish: Meaning, Examples, and Rules and more Slides Spanish in PDF only on Docsity! Reference 14.1: Reflexive Verbs Reflexive Pronouns: The phrase “reflexive” means that the doer of the action (the subject) is simultaneously the object of the sentence, as well. Basically, these verbs are verbs that the subject must be doing something for itself. The word “itself” is actually a reflexive pronoun. Reflexive Verbs do not translate nicely from English to Spanish. Some verbs in Spanish are automatically reflexive even though they may seem strange to us. For example, in English, we tend to have many verbal expressions that contain “up” and “down”. For example, “stand up”, “sit down”, “shut-up”, “lay down”. In Spanish, there are no verbal phrases that exist like this. Spanish speakers say “to rise oneself” instead of “stand up”; moreover, they would also say “to sit oneself in a chair” instead of saying, “to sit down in a chair”. Whenever you look up a verb in a Spanish Verb book, you will notice that some of the verbs have the word “se” attached to them. This means that the verb is reflexive and the person doing this verb will be doing it for themselves. Example: llamarse- to get called; to call oneself  Yo me llamo Eric.  Who is the subject? (Who is doing the calling?) “yo”  Who is the object? (Who is being called?) “me” o In English, when the “doer” and “receiver” are the same, we add the word “self” to make the pronoun reflexive in English. o Example: I call myself Eric. Reflexive Pronouns in Spanish: Singular Plural 1st Person ME NOS 2nd Person TE OS 3rd Person SE SE Note: The word “se” functions for anything that conjugates in third person; whether it is singular OR plural. Note: Although some verbs do not make sense in the English language to be reflexive, if a verb is a reflexive verb in Spanish, it will have “se” attached to it in the infinitive form when standing alone. These verbs must always have a reflexive pronoun if there is a conjugation that takes place. On the next page is a list of commonly used Reflexive Verbs in the Spanish language. Reference 14.1: Reflexive Verbs Verb Meaning Literal Meaning Type of Verb 1. acostarse to lie down to lie oneself O to UE Stem-Change 2. afeitarse to shave to shave oneself regular AR verb 3. bañarse to take a bath to bathe oneself regular AR verb 4. caerse to fall down to fall oneself regular ER verb & irregular “yo” 5. callarse to shut up to shut oneself regular AR verb 6. calmarse to calm down to calm oneself regular AR verb 7. cepillarse to brush to brush oneself regular AR verb 8. despedirse to say goodbye to unrequest oneself E to I Stem-Change 9. despertarse to wake up to awaken oneself E to IE Stem-Change 10. detenerse to stop to stop oneself E to IE Stem-Change & irregular “yo” 11. dormirse to fall asleep to fall oneself to sleep O to UE Stem-Change 12. ducharse to take a shower to shower oneself regular AR verb 13. estirarse to stretch to stretch oneself regular AR verb 14. lavarse to wash to wash oneself regular AR verb 15. levantarse to get up to rise oneself regular AR verb 16. llamarse to call oneself to call oneself regular AR verb 17. peinarse to comb to comb oneself regular AR verb 18. ponerse to put on, in to place on oneself regular ER verb & irregular “yo” 19. quedarse to stay to remain oneself regular AR verb 20. quitarse to take off to remove from oneself regular AR verb 21. reírse to make fun of to laugh oneself E to I Stem-Change with accent 22. secarse to get dry to dry oneself regular AR verb 23. sentarse to sit to seat oneself E to IE Stem-Change 24. sentirse to feel to feel oneself (health) E to IE Stem-Change 25. vestirse to get dressed to dress oneself E to I Stem-Change Note: Reflexive Pronouns must match the subject of the conjugated verb in any sentence. When we use indirect, direct and reflexive pronouns, there are rules as to the order of the pronouns and where these must go. RULE 1: OBJECT AND REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS: Go before a conjugated verb. RULE 2: OBJECT AND REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS: Attach to an infinitive. RULE 3: OBJECT AND REFLEXIVE PRNOUNS: Attach to a Gerund or Present Participle. RULE 4: SUBJECTS ALWAYS GO FIRST (if you use one).  I brush my teeth every day. o Me cepillo los dientes cada día.  I am brushing my teeth now. o Me estoy cepillando los dientes ahora.  I am going to brush my teeth in five minutes. o Me voy a cepillar los dientes en cinco minutos.