Reflexive Pronouns
me nos
te os
se se
myself
yourself
himself, herself,
yourself
HELPFUL HINT
The reflexive pronoun
is either placed before the verb
or attached to the end
of the infinitive.
Yo me lavo el pelo. I wash my hair.
Yo quiero lavarme el pelo. I want to wash my hair.
Reflexive Verbs (ending in –se)
acostarse (ue)
bañarse
despertarse (ie)
ducharse
lavarse los dientes
to go to bed
to take a bath
to wake up
to take a shower
to brush one’s teeth
levantarse
peinarse
probarse (ue)
quitarse
vestirse (i)
to get up
to comb one’s hair
to try on
to take off
to get dressed
me lavo I wash nos lavamos we wash
te lavas you wash os laváis you wash
se lava he/she washes, se lavan they wash,
you wash you wash
Yo me lavo el pelo.
Él se lava el pelo.
Ella se lava el pelo.
Ella necesita lavarse el pelo.
I wash my hair.
He washes his hair.
She washes her hair.
She needs to wash her hair.
(To myself) I wash the hair.
(To himself) he washes the hair.
(To herself) she washes the hair.
(To herself) she needs to wash the hair.
Literal TranslationTranslation
Se
and
nos
may
be used in reciprocal situations—
things you can do to each other.
These sentences usually contain the expressions,
each other
or
one another
.
Nos escribimos.
Se miran.
We write to each other.
They look at each other
(one another).
Reciprocal
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
D
HELPFUL HINT
A reflexive verb indicates something
that a person can do involving himself
(brush one’s teeth, comb one’s hair, etc.).
The infinitive form of the verb
ends in
–se
(lavar
se--to wash
).
Spanish
(See pages18-19 and 250-252 .)
ourselves
yourselves
themselves,
yourselves
*Notice that in the verb, the accent remains on the -ar.
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