Grammar Rules 10
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| show | I wash the car.
subject: I
verb: wash
object: car
Since the subject and object are different, the verb is not reflexive.
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| Here’s another example of how a verb can be either reflexive or non-reflexive. I scratch myself. subject: I verb: scratch object: myself Since the subject and object are the same, the verb is reflexive. | show 🗑
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| show | rascar
to scratch (non-reflexive)
rascarse
to scratch oneself (reflexive)
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| There is one reflexive verb you have been using since you began studying Spanish. llamarse – to call oneself ¿Cómo se llama usted? What do you call yourself? Me llamo Juan. I call myself Juan. | show 🗑
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| When you learned to conjugate regular verbs, you needed to learn a set of pronouns called “subject pronouns.” | show 🗑
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| show | lavarse
yo me lavo
I wash (myself)
tú te lavas
you wash (yourself) (informal)
él se lava
he washes (himself)
ella se lava
she washes (herself)
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| usted se lava you wash (yourself) (formal) nosotros nos lavamos we wash (ourselves) nosotras nos lavamos we wash (ourselves) (feminine) vosotros os laváis you-all wash (yourselves) (informal) | show 🗑
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| The reflexive pronouns are not subject pronouns; rather they are object pronouns. me (myself) te (yourself) se (himself, herself, yourself) nos (ourselves) os (yourselves) se (themselves, yourselves) | show 🗑
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| show | put the baby to bed (non-reflexive)
go to bed (reflexive)
wake up your son (non-reflexive)
wake up yourself (reflexive)
…and so on
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| show | 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.
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| show | 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.
Acabo de acostarme.
Me acabo de acostar.
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| When 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: | show 🗑
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| show | 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.
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| 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 | show 🗑
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| show | poner – to put
ponerse – to put on
probar – to try, to taste
probarse – to try on
quitar – to take away
quitarse – to take off
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