Nombre Hora Los Verbos Reflexivos Apuntes y Práctica Parte 1: Infinitives in Spanish end in / - / -. When infinitives have on the end of them, they are called verbs. The se usually means. To conjugate a reflexive verb: Take the off the end of the verb Put it in front of the verb Change se to the correct reflexive pronoun depending on the subject Conjugate the verb to also match the subject These are the REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS for the yo form for the tú form for the, él, ella form for the nosotros form for the vosotros form for, ellos, ellas form Práctica 1A: Fill in the blank with the correct reflexive pronoun. What do they mean? ducho. bañamos. afeita. maquillan. preparas. peinamos cepillo. arreglan. secan. Notice that the second part of the verb is conjugated with the correct ending for ar/-er/-ir verbs to match the subject and the reflexive pronoun. Práctica 1B: Fill in the blank with the correct ending for the verb. What do they mean? Me levant. Nos lav. Te pint las uñas. Paco se vist. Te acuest. Me despiert tarde. Ellos se duerm. Nos pon las faldas. se maquill. Me bañ Te duch. Juan se lav la cara. 1
Práctica 1C: Using the verb in parenthesis, translate the following sentences. 1. I take a shower. (ducharse) 2. He shaves. (afeitarse) 3. We dry our hair. (secarse) 4. Ana, do you polish your nails?(pintarse) 5. Rosa puts on shoes. (ponerse) 6. They get dressed. (vestirse) 7. I wake up. (despertarse) 8. Do you wash your face? (lavarse) 9. We brush our teeth. (cepillarse) 10. You all put make-up on.(maquillarse) Práctica 1D: Write 5 sentences about your morning routine using reflexive verbs. Por la mañana, yo muy (rápido, despacio). Entonces, yo y. Después yo pero (yo) nunca. Generalmente yo porque *. *This one does not have to be a reflexive verb. Por fin, yo. Qué día muy ocupado! 2
Práctica 1E: Practice conjugating these verbs. Remember to: 1. place the appropriate reflexive pronoun in front 2. then conjugate as you would any other verb. (Watch out for stem-changing or irregular verbs!) despertarse = Yo Nosotros acostarse = Yo Nosotros s s dormirse = Yo Nosotros vestirse = Yo Nosotros s s sentirse = Yo Nosotros ponerse = *Yo Nosotros s s 3
Apuntes y Práctica Parte 2: You can t have 2 verbs together. The first verb will be conjugated and the second verb is in the (-ar/-er/-ir) form. When the second verb is a verb (-se on the end), you need to add a reflexive. The pronoun can go of the conjugated verb or attached to the of the infinitive. I am going to shower. Yo voy a duchar. OR Voy a duchar. We have to lie down. tenemos que acostar. OR Tenemos que acostar. You (fam.) want to fall asleep. quieres dormir. OR Quieres dormir. Paco can get ready. Paco puede preparar. OR Paco puede preparar. Amelia should get dressed. Amelia debe vestir. OR Amelia debe vestir. Práctica 2A: Translate. 1. We are going to wake up. 2. I am going to get dressed. 3. You all are going to polish your nails. 4. You (fam.) have to brush your teeth. 5. She has to brush her hair. 6. We have to get dressed now. 7. They want to dry their hair. 8. I want to wash my face. 9. We can go to bed early. 10. You (fam) can shave. 4
In Spanish, verbs ( are / are not ) conjugated after a preposition (even though in English we do!) So when a verb is after a preposition, the correct reflexive needs to be attached to the end of the infinitive. (In other words, even though the infinitive does not change forms, the reflexive pronoun still needs to match the subject of the sentence!) Ejemplo: Después de despertarme, me baño y me cepillo los dientes. Prepositions: después de : antes de: para: Práctica 2B: Write the following sentences in Spanish. (Some portions are done for you!) 1. Uso una toalla in order to dry my face. 2. Usamos jabón y agua in order to wash our hands. 3. Before laying down, te cepillas los dientes? 4. Paco se peina el pelo after taking a shower. 5. Me pongo el desodorante before getting dressed. 6. After waking up, we fix our hair. 7. Before polishing their nails, my sisters remove their jewelry. 8. In order to fall asleep, the kids read a book. 9. I take a shower after getting up. 10. After feeling poorly, we don t exercise very much. 5