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Reflexive Verbs Part I: Quiz #1: A. Choose The Correct Translation

The document provides information about reflexive verbs in Spanish. It defines what makes a verb reflexive and covers topics like reflexive pronouns, conjugating reflexive verbs, placing reflexive pronouns, and how the meaning sometimes changes when a verb is used reflexively. Examples are given to illustrate these concepts. The document also notes some verbs that are always used reflexively in Spanish.

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Reflexive Verbs Part I: Quiz #1: A. Choose The Correct Translation

The document provides information about reflexive verbs in Spanish. It defines what makes a verb reflexive and covers topics like reflexive pronouns, conjugating reflexive verbs, placing reflexive pronouns, and how the meaning sometimes changes when a verb is used reflexively. Examples are given to illustrate these concepts. The document also notes some verbs that are always used reflexively in Spanish.

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Reflexive Verbs Part I: Quiz #1

A. Choose the correct translation.


1. I wash the car.

Lavo el auto.
Me lavo el auto.

2. I take a bath.

Me baño.
Yo baño.

3. Juan goes to bed at ten in the evening.

Juan se acuesta a las diez de la noche.


Juan acuesta a las diez de la noche.

4. Maria puts the baby to bed at seven in the evening.

María se acuesta al bebé a las siete de la noche.


María acuesta al bebé a las siete de la noche.

5. I wake up at six in the morning.

Me despierto a las seis de la mañana.


Despierto a las seis de la mañana.

6. She wakes her child at nine in the morning.


Ella se despierta a su niño a las nueve de la mañana.
Ella despierta a su niño a las nueve de la mañana.

B. Choose the appropriate reflexive pronoun.


7. You take a shower.
Tú duchas.

8. Maria washes her hair.


María lava el pelo.

9. You-all wake up.


Ustedes despiertan.

10. We brush our teeth.


Nosotros cepillamos los dientes.

11. She gets dressed.


Ella viste.

12. They sit down.


Ellos sientan.

13. I'm worried about you.


preocupo por ti.
C. Write the correct form of the verb.
14. Maria washes her hair. (lavarse)

María se el pelo.

15. We take a shower. (ducharse)

Nos .

16. They brush their teeth. (cepillarse)

Ellos se los dientes.

17. I shave my legs. (afeitarse)

Me las piernas.

18. The boys fall asleep. (dormirse o:ue)

Los niños se .

19. The young ladies get dressed. (vestirse e:i)

Las señoritas se

20. We sit down. (sentarse e:ie)

Nos .
Reflexive Verbs: Part II
Notes:

1. The written lesson is below.


2. Links to quizzes, tests, etc. are to the left.

In the previous lesson, you learned that a verb is reflexive when the subject and the object
are the same.

I wash myself.
subject: I
verb: wash
object: myself

Since the subject and object are the same, the verb is reflexive.

I wash the car.


subject: I
verb: wash
object: car

Since the subject and object are different, the verb is not reflexive.

You also learned that when a verb is reflexive, the infinitive ends in "se."

lavar
to wash (non-reflexive)

lavarse
to wash oneself (reflexive)

rascar
to scratch (non-reflexive)

rascarse
to scratch oneself (reflexive)
You should have memorized a set of pronouns called "reflexive pronouns."

me (myself)
te (yourself)
se (himself, herself, yourself)
nos (ourselves)
os (yourselves)
se (themselves, yourselves)

You learned to conjugate reflexive verbs like this:

lavarse

yo me lavo
I wash (myself)

tú te lavas
you wash (yourself) (informal)

él/ella se lava
he/she washes (him/herself)

usted se lava
you wash (yourself) (formal)

nosotros/as nos lavamos


we wash (ourselves)

vosotros/as os laváis
you-all wash (yourselves) (informal)

ustedes se lavan
you-all wash (yourselves) (formal)

ellos/as se lavan
they wash (themselves)

In the lesson titled Direct Object Pronouns Part III you learned that when there are two
verbs, you have two options on where to place the pronoun: before the conjugated verb or
attached to the end of the infinitive.
I want to see it. (querer, ver)
Lo quiero ver.
Quiero verlo.

Lo debemos comprar.
Debemos comprarlo.
We should buy it.

María nos debe visitar.


María debe visitarnos.
Mary should visit us.

Juan lo necesita lavar.


Juan necesita lavarlo.
John needs to wash it.

The same is true regarding reflexive pronouns. When the sentence has two verbs, the
pronoun can be placed directly before the conjugated verb or attached to the end of the
infinitive.

I want to see myself.


Me quiero ver.
Quiero verme.

John needs to wash his hair.


Juan se necesita lavar el pelo.
Juan necesita lavarse el pelo.

Maria can wash her face now.


Ahora María se puede lavar la cara.
Ahora María puede lavarse la cara.

I have just gone to bed.


Acabo de acostarme.
Me acabo de acostar.

We prefer to wash with scented soap.


Preferimos lavarnos con jabón perfumado.
Nos preferimos lavar con jabón perfumado.
Whenever a verb directly follows a preposition, it remains in the infinitive form. For
reflexive verbs, the ending -se changes to agree with the subject. Observe the differences
in the following sentences, all of which are about counting burros before falling asleep.

Antes de dormirme, yo cuento burros.

Antes de dormirte, tú cuentas burros.

Antes de dormirse, la chica cuenta burros.

Antes de dormirnos, nosotros contamos burros.

Antes de dormiros, vosotros contáis burros.

Antes de dormirse, los chicos cuentan burros.

In English, many verbs can be used transitively (with a direct object) or intransitively
(without a direct object).

The sun dried the clothes. (transitive)


The clothes dried in the sun. (intransitive)

In Spanish, these intransitive constructions frequently employ the reflexive form.

The sun dried the clothes. (transitive)


El sol secó la ropa.

The clothes dried in the sun. (intransitive)


La ropa se secó al sol.

Sometimes, the reflexive construction is used merely to emphasize who is performing the
action of the sentence.

The cake? Maria ate it.


¿La torta? María se la comió.

For some verbs, the meaning changes when they are used reflexively.
aburrir - to bore
aburrirse - to be bored

acordar - to agree
acordarse de - to remember

acostar - to put to bed


acostarse - to go to bed

casar - to perform a marriage ceremony


casarse con - to become married to someone

despedir - to fire
despedirse de - to say goodbye

dormir - to sleep
dormirse - to fall asleep

ir - to go
irse - to go away, to leave

morir - to die (abruptly, as of an accident, war, etc.)


morirse - to die (as from natural causes; also "to die" figuratively)

negar - to deny
negarse a - to refuse

parecer - to seem
parecerse a - to resemble

poner - to put
ponerse - to put on

probar - to try, to taste


probarse - to try on

quitar - to take away


quitarse - to take off

A few verbs are always used reflexively.

arrepentirse (e:ie) - to repent


atreverse a - to dare
darse cuenta de - to realize
jactarse de - to boast
quejarse de - to complain about
suicidarse - to commit suicide

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