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Reflexive verbs

Use reflexive verbs to say that someone is doing something for or to themselves.

Action doer=action receiver

To conjugate, move the -se at the end of the verb to in front of the verb and conjugate it based on the subject.

Subject

Pronoun

Yo

Me

Te

Él, ella, usted

Se

Vosotros

Os

Nosotros

Nos

Ellos, ellas, ustedes

Se

Then take of the -ar, -ir, -er at the end of the verb and conjugate it with the regular present tense endings. You still do stem changes in yo, tú, el, ellos forms for stem change verbs!

Ex:

Verb

Reflexive

English

Cepillarse

Yo me cepillo los dientes

I brush my teeth.

Acostarse

Tú te acuestas a las diez

You go to bed at 10.

Afeitarse

El se afeita de la mañana

He shaves in the morning

Entrenarse

Nosotros nos entrenamos en el gimnasio

We train in the gym

Maquillarse

Vosotros os maquilláis

You (plural people) put on makeup

Lavarse

Ellas se lavan a las nueve de la mañana

They wash up at 9 in the morning

Bold reflexive verbs and highlight regular verbs:

Reirse

Reir

Secarse

Secar

Reflexive verbs

Use reflexive verbs to say that someone is doing something for or to themselves.

Action doer=action receiver

To conjugate, move the -se at the end of the verb to in front of the verb and conjugate it based on the subject.

Subject

Pronoun

Yo

Me

Te

Él, ella, usted

Se

Vosotros

Os

Nosotros

Nos

Ellos, ellas, ustedes

Se

Then take of the -ar, -ir, -er at the end of the verb and conjugate it with the regular present tense endings. You still do stem changes in yo, tú, el, ellos forms for stem change verbs!

Ex:

Verb

Reflexive

English

Cepillarse

Yo me cepillo los dientes

I brush my teeth.

Acostarse

Tú te acuestas a las diez

You go to bed at 10.

Afeitarse

El se afeita de la mañana

He shaves in the morning

Entrenarse

Nosotros nos entrenamos en el gimnasio

We train in the gym

Maquillarse

Vosotros os maquilláis

You (plural people) put on makeup

Lavarse

Ellas se lavan a las nueve de la mañana

They wash up at 9 in the morning

Bold reflexive verbs and highlight regular verbs:

Reirse

Reir

Secarse

Secar

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