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Avancemos 2
Reflexive Verbs
Reflexive Verbs
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Reflexive verbs are used
to tell that a person does
an action to himself or
herself.
Reflexive Verbs
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Reflexive verbs have two
parts: a reflexive
pronoun (me, te, se, nos,
se) and a verb form.
Reflexive Verbs
LAVARSE(to wash oneself)
Verb Reflexive
Form Pronoun
Reflexive Verbs
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In English, we really don’t
identify with reflexive
verbs. So these will seem
strange to you.
Reflexive Verbs
In English, a sentence
using a “so called”
reflexive verb might be…
 Lauren brushes her hair.
 Scott bathes himself.
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Reflexive Verbs
You must remember that
these are actions being
done to oneself, by
oneself. For example:
 I wash my (my own) hair.
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Reflexive Pronouns
me (myself)
nos (ourselves)
te (yourself)
os
se (himself or
herself)
se (themselves
or yourselves)
(yourselves)
TO WASH ONESELF
I wash myself
You wash
yourself
He washes
himself
We wash
ourselves
You wash
yourselves
They wash
themselves
LAVARSE
me lavo
nos lavamos
te lavas
os laváis
se lava
se lavan
Reflexive Pronouns
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They can either go before a
conjugated verb or after an
infinitive.
Reflexive Pronouns
Before the verb:
 Me voy a lavar el pelo.
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After the infinitive:
Voy a lavarme el pelo.
Reflexive Verbs
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Let’s do more verbs!
CEPILLARSE
me cepillo
nos cepillamos
te cepillas
os cepilláis
se cepilla
se cepillan
DUCHARSE
me ducho
nos duchamos
te duchas
os ducháis
se ducha
se duchan
Reflexive Verbs
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When using reflexive
verbs to talk about parts
of the body, you have to
use the definite articles:
el, la, los, las
Reflexive Verbs
Nos lavamos el pelo.
 ¿Te cepillas los dientes?
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Reflexive Verbs
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Some verbs are not
always reflexive:
Reflexive Verbs
Yo despierto a Cecilia a las
siete.
 I wake up Cecilia at seven.
 Yo me despierto a las siete.
 I wake (myself) up at
seven.
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