Recipocal Reflexives

Reciprocal Reflexives

​¿Recuerdas los verbos reflexivos?

​Remember the reflexive verbs?

​¿Ahora sí recuerdas?

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(now do you remember reflexive verbs?)​

​Some Reflexive verbs to jog your memory!!

To shave

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Afeitarse

To brush one's teeth

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Cepillarse los dientes

To wake up

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​Despertarse

To go to sleep;

To fall asleep​

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Dormirse​

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To wash one's face.

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Lavarse la cara​

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Multiple Choice

• cepillarse los dientes

• afeitarse la cara

• dormirse

• despertarse

Multiple Choice

• cepillarse los dientes

• afeitarse la cara

• dormirse

• despertarse

Multiple Choice

• cepillarse los dientes

• afeitarse la cara

• dormirse

• lavarse la cara

Multiple Choice

• lavarse la cara

• afeitarse la cara

• dormirse

• despertarse

Multiple Choice

• cepillarse los dientes

• afeitarse la cara

• dormirse

• lavarse la cara

​Reflexive verbs have two parts:

1) verb

2) reflexive pronoun​

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Despertarse​

​A Reflexive verb indicates that the subject of a sentence does the action to itself.

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(Does the action and receives the action)​

Multiple Choice

What two parts do reflexives have?

• subject and verb

• reflexive pronoun and verb

• article and pronoun

• verb and article

Multiple Choice

A reflexive verb indicates that the subject does an action to or for itself.

• cierto

• falso

​I shave (myself) = me afeito

​You brush your teeth = te cepillas los dientes

​He washes his hands = se lava las manos

​We wash our faces = nos lavamos la cara

​So....

A reflexive verb indicates that the subject of a sentence does the action to itself.​

​Some verbs can be used: reciprocally.

​Reciprocal reflexives express a shared or reciprocal action between two or more people or things.

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In this context, the pronoun means: (to) each other

or (to) one another.​

​Only the plural forms of the reflexive pronouns (nos, se) are used to express reciprocal actions because the action must involve more than one person or thing.

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nos vimos = we saw "each other"

se vieron = they saw "each other"​

Multiple Choice

Reciprocal reflexives are like any other reflexives: express an action that one does to, or for, ONESELF.

• Cierto

• Falso

Multiple Choice

Reciprocal reflexives express the idea of:

To each other

• Cierto

• Falso

Multiple Choice

Which reflexive pronouns are used with reciprocal reflexives?

• me & te

• te and se

• se and nos

• me and nos