Reflexive Verbs Notes

What is a

reflexive verb?

​Reflexive Verbs

​Basically, a verb is reflexive when the person or object doing the action also receives the effects of the action.

Multiple Select

Click on the picture(s) that would require the use of a REFLEXIVE verb.

​Reflexive or no?

• Washing my dog ✘

• ​Washing my hands ✓

• ​Shaving my own head ✓

• ​Someone shaving my head ✘

Multiple Select

Click on the picture(s) that would require the use of a REFLEXIVE verb.

​Reflexive or no?

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• ​Dog shaking himself dry ✓

• Someone drying the dog off with a towel ✘

• ​Bart drying off with a towel ✓

​Reflexive or no?

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• ​Dog drying itself ✓

• ​Someone drying dog with towel ✘

• ​Bart drying himself with a towel ✓

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¿QUESTIONS?

• YES

• NO

​To show that an action is reflexive in Spanish, the infinitive verbs end in SE.

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Examples:

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• ​ducharse - to shower

• ​vestirse - to get dressed

• ​peinarse el pelo - to comb your hair

• ​secarse el pelo - to dry your hair

​An action doesn't always have to be reflexive.

​LAVAR LAVARSE

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• Yes

• No

How to use reflexive verbs in Spanish​

​The SE must CHANGE to match the person

​With the example: ducharse (to shower)

• SE → ME if I am doing the action to myself.

  • ​Ex. I need to shower ↠ Necesito ducharme.

• ​SE → TE if you are doing the action to yourself.

  • ​Ex. You need to shower ↠ Necesitas ducharte.

• ​SE → SE if he/she/it/Ud. is doing the action to themself.

  • ​Ex. He needs to shower ↠ Necesita ducharse.

• ​SE → NOS if we are doing the action to ourselves.

  • ​Ex. We need to shower ↠ Necesitamos ducharnos.

• SE → SE if if ell@s/Uds. are doing the action to themselves.

  • ​Ex. They need to shower ↠ Necesitan ducharse.

TIME TO PRACTICE

Type the missing word to finish the sentence.

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​You may have to change the SE at the end of the verb to make it match the person who is doing the action.

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​There are no capitalization or puncuation issues in the answers.

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​All answers are one-word answers.

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(ponerse) ⇨ Nosotros debemos ___________________ desodorante.

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(afeitarse) ⇨ Tú vas a ___________________.

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(maquillarse) ⇨ Me gusta ___________________.

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(vestirse) ⇨ Él va a ___________________.

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(lavarse) ⇨ Ellos van a ___________________ el pelo.

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¿Questions?

• Yes

• No

​CONJUGATING REFLEXIVE VERBS

​putting them in the yo form, tú form, etc.

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​Time to write!

​The pronoun ( me/te/se/nos/se) goes in front of a conjugated verb.

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​Then, conjugate the verb normally. They are two separate words.

LAVARSE

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• ​yo ➤ me lavo

• ​tú ➤ te lavas

• ​él/ella/Ud. ➤ se lava

• ​nosotros ➤ nos lavamos

• ​ellos/Uds. ➤ se lavan

TIME TO PRACTICE

Conjugate the reflexive verb to make it match the subject of the sentence.

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​You may have to change the SE to make it match the person who is doing the action.

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​Then, conjugate the verb like normal. I will tell you if it's a stem-changer.

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​There are no capitalization or punctuation issues in the answers.

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​All answers are two word answers.

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Yo (cepillarse) los dientes todos los días.

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Ariana (maquillarse) todos los días.

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¿A qué hora tú (acostarse)? ***UE stem changing verb!

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Normalmente yo (acostarse) a las once y media de la noche. ***UE stem changing verb!

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¿Y a qué hora tú (despertarse)? ***IE stem changing verb!

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Yo (despertarse) a las siete y media. ***IE stem changing verb!

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Nosotros (quitarse) los gorros porque no hace frío.

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Él (ponerse) los zapatos.

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Yo (llamarse) Mike.

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¿Questions?

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• No

​QUICK!

See what you remember from our lesson. Each of the following questions gives you 5 seconds to respond.

Multiple Choice

(Reflexive or not?)

¿BAÑAR -o- BAÑARSE?

• BAÑAR

• BAÑARSE

Multiple Choice

(Reflexive or not?)

¿LAVAR -o- LAVARSE?

• LAVAR

• LAVARSE

Multiple Choice

(Reflexive or not?)

¿PONER -o- PONERSE?

• PONER

• PONERSE

Multiple Choice

(Choose: me/te/se/nos/se)

El perezoso (sloth) _____ despierta.

• me

• te

• nos

• se

Multiple Choice

(Choose: me/te/se/nos/se)

Tú ___ arreglas el pelo.

• me

• te

• se

• nos

Multiple Choice

(Choose: me/te/se/nos/se)

Nosotras ___ arreglamos el pelo antes de salir.

• me

• te

• se

• nos

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¿Questions?

• Yes

• No

Poll

How do we feel about stem-changing verbs?