reflexive verbs

1. Reflexive Verbs
If it is in ROJO, write it in your notes

2. Reflexive Verbs
 Reflexive verbs are used to tell that a
person does an action to himself or
herself.
 Ex. I wash my hair.
 Ex. Jim washes his face.
 NOT reflexive: I wash the dog.
 NOT reflexive: Jim washes his son’s face.

3. Reflexive Verbs
 Reflexive verbs have two parts:

 a reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os,
se)
 a verb form (lavo, lavas, lava, lavamos,
laváis, lavan OR the infinitive--lavar)

4. Reflexive Verbs
LAVARSE (to wash
oneself)
Verb Form Reflexive Pronoun

5. In ENGLISH!
“TO WASH ONESELF”
I wash myself
You wash
yourself
He/ she
washes
himself/ herself
We wash
ourselves
You wash
yourselves
They wash
themselves

6. Reflexive Pronouns
(Yo) me “myself”
(Tú) te “yourself”
(Él/ella/ Ud.) se
“himself” or
“herself”
(Nosotros) nos “ourselves”
(Vosotros) os “yourselves”
(Ellos/ ellas/ Uds.) se
“themselves” or “yourselves”

7. In Spanish!
“LAVARSE”
(Yo) me lavo
(Tú) te lavas
(Él/ ella/ Ud.) se lava
(Nosotros) nos lavamos
(Vosotros) os laváis
(Ellos/ ellas/ Uds.) se lavan

8. Reflexive Verbs
 In English, we don’t have to use a
reflexive pronoun. We really don’t have
to say “my own” or “myself,” “your own” or
“yourself” etc. because it’s rather
redundant.
 Ex. I wash my (own) hair.
 Ex. You dry (yourself) off with a towel.

9. Reflexive Verbs
 In Spanish, because we don’t use the
possessive adjective [mi(s), tu(s), su(s)
etc.], we must use a reflexive pronoun.
 I dry my hands. = (Yo) Me seco las
manos.
 You brush your teeth = (Tú) Te cepillas
los dientes.

10. Reflexive Verbs
 When using reflexive verbs to talk about
parts of the body, you have to use the
definite articles: el, la, los, las

11. Reflexive Verbs
 ¿Cómo se dice en inglés...?
 Nos lavamos el pelo.
 ¿Te cepillas los dientes?
 Me lavo las manos.
 Ella se levanta a las seis.

12. A practicar!
“CEPILLARSE”
me cepillo
te cepillas
se cepilla
nos cepillamos
os cepilláis
se cepillan

13. A practicar!
“DUCHARSE”
me ducho
te duchas
se ducha
nos duchamos
os ducháis
se duchan