{"id":9524,"date":"2022-05-16T20:34:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T20:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/?p=9524"},"modified":"2022-05-19T23:45:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T23:45:38","slug":"reflexionar-sobre-los-verbos-reflexivos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/blog\/reflecting-on-reflexive-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflexionar sobre los verbos reflexivos"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the very beginning of your Spanish classes, you probably learned \u201cMe llamo\u2026\u201d <\/em>to say \u201cMy name is\u2026\u201d but did you know it literally translates to \u201cI call myself\u201d? In fact, this introductory phrase is part of a category of verbs called reflexive verbs. There are lots of reflexive verbs in Spanish that have special rules, and we\u2019ll explain them more here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bfQu\u00e9 son los verbos reflexivos?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Son verbos en los que la persona que realiza la acci\u00f3n es tambi\u00e9n la que la recibe. La mayor\u00eda de los verbos tienen un sujeto, el que realiza la acci\u00f3n, y un objeto, el que recibe la acci\u00f3n. En muchos casos, el sujeto y el objeto son diferentes. En el caso de los verbos reflexivos, la acci\u00f3n te la haces a ti mismo. Puedes pensar en ellos como reflexivos <\/em>porque la acci\u00f3n se refleja en el sujeto, como el reflejo en un espejo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"CONVERSA
Leer m\u00e1s<\/strong>V\u00eddeo: Falsos amigos espa\u00f1ol-ingl\u00e9s<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>

The tricky part about learning reflexive verbs in Spanish is that most of them aren\u2019t exactly the same in English. For example, a really common verb is \u201cdespertarse\u201d which in English means \u201cto wake up.\u201d In English, you don\u2019t really say \u201cto wake oneself up,\u201d but that\u2019s how it literally translates in Spanish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conjugar verbos reflexivos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, we have to be able to identify reflexive verbs. Verbs end in -ar, -er or -ir, but reflexive verbs will have a -se at the end of them. Looking at \u201cdespertarse,\u201d we see the -ar ending in \u201cdespertar\u201d and then the -se ending at the end. This tells us that despertarse is a reflexive verb. This means that we can split reflexive verbs into two parts: el verbo principal<\/a> and the reflexive component \u201c-se.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"CONVERSA
Leer m\u00e1s<\/strong>Actividad en l\u00ednea: Conjugar verbos espa\u00f1oles en presente<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>

The main verb conjugates just like normal- based on the subject and the tense. However, we have to make sure to conjugate the \u201c-se\u201d too. First, move it to the front of the verb. Then, you\u2019re going to conjugate it based on the subject. Remember, reflexive verbs mean that whoever is doing the action does it to themself. There are 6 reflexive pronouns that you need to know. We\u2019ll show you them along, and in context of the verb Despertarse.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

yo me<\/span><\/strong> -> me despierto<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

t\u00fa te<\/strong><\/span> -> te despiertas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e9l\/ella\/usted se<\/strong><\/span> <\/em>-> se despierta<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

nosotros(as) nos<\/strong><\/span> -> nos despertamos<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

vosotros(as) os<\/strong><\/span> -> se despert\u00e1is<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ellos\/ellas\/ustedes se<\/strong><\/span> -> se despiertan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verbos reflexivos comunes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hay muchos verbos reflexivos comunes en espa\u00f1ol, adem\u00e1s de Despertarse. <\/em>Algunas de ellas son<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Levantarse<\/strong> \u2013 levantarse<\/em><\/li>
  2. Lavarse <\/strong>\u2013 lavarse<\/em><\/li>
  3. Ducharse<\/strong> \u2013 ducharse<\/em><\/li>
  4. Cepillarse<\/strong> \u2013 cepillarse<\/em><\/li>
  5. Acostarse <\/strong>\u2013 acostarse<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Hay muchos otros verbos reflexivos en espa\u00f1ol, \u00a1y en poco tiempo los utilizar\u00e1s a todas horas como un profesional!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    At the very beginning of your Spanish classes, you probably learned \u201cMe llamo\u2026\u201d to say \u201cMy name is\u2026\u201d but did you know it literally translates to \u201cI call myself\u201d? In fact, this introductory phrase is part of a category of verbs called reflexive verbs. There are lots of reflexive verbs in Spanish that have special […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,7,122,30,89,97,24],"tags":[48,75,81],"class_list":["post-9524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a1","category-blog","category-education","category-grammar","category-learning","category-spanish","category-vocabulary","tag-learn-spanish","tag-learn-spanish-online","tag-spanish-grammar"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Portadas-blog-2.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}