# 29. Reflexive Verbs

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> Reflexive Verbs In Spanish

**[02:09:40]** reflexive verbs in Spanish are verbs that are applyed to oneself which is

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> Reflexive Verbs In Spanish Verbs that are applied to oneself

**[02:09:43]** typically the definition that most teachers give them however I do not like

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> Refle Verbs panish V re a dtoo lf

**[02:09:46]** this explanation because I have a a different way of expressing reflexive verbs in Spanish making it easier to understand what they mean a different way to look at reflexive verbs in Spanish is that they typically follow a

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> Reflexive Verbs In Spanish Verbs that follow a preposition or some continuation after them

**[02:09:55]** preposition or some continuation the way that they look in Spanish is by having

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> Reflexive Verbs In Spanish: e bahar e levantar ¢ despertar ¢ dormir e ir ¢ poner ¢ sentar e llamar

**[02:09:59]** any regular verb following the

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> Reflexive Verbs In Spanish: e banharse e levantarse e despertarse e dormirse e irse ¢ ponerse e sentarse e llamarse

**[02:10:00]** continuation say after which is a form

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> Reflexive Verbs In Spanish: e banharse e levantarse seisan ° despertarse indirect ° dormirse object e irse pronoun ¢ ponerse relating to e sentarse oneself e llamarse

**[02:10:02]** of an indirect object pronoun that has to do with oneself I will not explain every reflexive verb in Spanish because you don't need all of them but I will present the most useful ones in Spanish at first I would like to demonstrate how reflexive verbs work in general by showing how one verb works first let's take the verb Lavar as an example this verb in Spanish means to wash but in Spanish the verb to wash doesn't always conclude in its regular form often times when we think of washing something we can sometimes say to wash up if you look

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> Lavar - to wash - to wash up

**[02:10:28]** at the verb in Spanish and compare it to English there isn't really much of a difference but once this verb becomes reflexive we start to see that the meaning is changing laar means to wash but Lavar means to wash up which is a

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> Lavar - to wash Lavarse - to wash up

**[02:10:38]** verb that's put in a reflexive form and that's really the closest connection I can give it in English the way that you

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> Reflexive Verbs With Indirect Object Pronouns: me + (conjugated verb) nos + (conjugated verb) te + (conjugated verb) os + (conjugated verb) (Aél ey se + (conjugated verb) se + (conjugated verb) (Aellas)

**[02:10:43]** would use the verb in Spanish is by using indirect object pronouns and putting them before the conjugated verb for for instance saying Yol Lao means I wash as in I wash something that's not related to oneself as in Yolo Co I wash

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> Yo lavo el coche - | wash the car

**[02:10:55]** the car however if I were to say Meelo

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> Yo lavo el coche - | wash the car Me lavo

**[02:10:58]** this is where the meaning itself changes because the verb is not wash but rather wash up meaning I wash up something that

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> Yo lavo el coche - | wash the car Me lavo - | wash up

**[02:11:04]** has to do with oneself for instance

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> Yo lavo el coche - | wash the car Me lavo mis manos - | wash up my hands

**[02:11:06]** saying y means I wash the car but saying meos means I wash up my hands in Spanish the verb to wash can change its meaning depending on how the action is used with

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> Yo lavo el coche - | wash the car Me lavo mis manos - | wash up my hands lavar - to wash lavarse - to wash up

**[02:11:17]** laar meaning to was and with meaning to wash up and with the verb getting a preposition when it's logically translated into English in simpler words reflexive verbs in Spanish like these

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> Reflexive Verbs In Spanish: ¢ bafarse - to take a bath e levantarse - to get up e despertarse - to wake up e dormirse - to fall asleep ¢ irse - to go away ¢ ponerse - to put down e sentarse - to sit down e llamarse - to call yourself

**[02:11:27]** are verbs that follow a preposition or some continuation when they're put into English and as I said in the beginning that's the closest connection I can give it in English with every verb having its own unique definition if you think it's a difficult Concept in Spanish you'd be surprised to know that in English there are many verbs that f with prepositions and not only are they different their meaning changes indefinitely in English you can have the verb to give but when

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> In English: to give to give off to give up to give in

**[02:11:47]** you start adding prepositions to it the meaning changes through all verbs to give to give off to give up and to give in are verbs that change their meaning once they're put into context and that's only one verb to use not to mention that it's a concept many people who learn English struggle with in Spanish however this concept is easier to understand

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> Normal & Reflexive Verbs In Spanish: e banhar / banarse e levantar / levantarse e despertar / despertarse e dormir / dormirse e ir/irse ¢ poner / ponerse e sentar / sentarse e llamar / llamarse

**[02:12:03]** because the difference between a regular verb and a reflexive verb in Spanish is the word say in the verb itself which

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> Normal & Reflexive Verbs In Spanish: e banar / banharse e levantar / levantarse ¢ despertar / despertarse e dormir / dormirse e ir/irse ¢ poner / ponerse ¢ sentar / sentarse e llamar / llamarse

**[02:12:08]** can indicate that it's a verb that has a preposition after it in English laar

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> Lavar - to wash Lavarse - to wash up

**[02:12:12]** means to wash but laar means to wash up which logically Works in Spanish but in English it may cause a of confusion we can also say I wash up the car or I wash

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> Lavar - to wash Lavarse - to wash up | wash up the car | wash my hands

**[02:12:21]** my hands and while that's normal in

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> Lavar - to wash Lavarse - to wash up | wash u e car lwa y hands

**[02:12:23]** English Spanish doesn't allow this idea to work which is why it generates

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> Lavar - to wash Lavarse - to wash up | wash the car | wash up my hands

**[02:12:26]** different meanings with every verb

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> Reflexive Verbs in the Present Progressive:

**[02:12:28]** reflexive verbs can also work in the present progressive like saying to

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> Reflexive Verbs in the Present Progressive: Tu estas lavando - You are washing

**[02:12:31]** estando meaning you are washing and

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> Reflexive Verbs in the Present Progressive: Tu estas lavando - You are washing Te estas lavando - You are washing up

**[02:12:35]** meaning you are washing up in the present progressive you can also attach

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> Reflexive Verbs in the Present Progressive: Tu estas lavando - You are washing Te estas lavando - You are washing up

**[02:12:38]** the indirect object pronoun to the end of the infinitive itself like saying EST

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> Reflexive Verbs in the Present Progressive: Tu estas lavando - You are washing Estas lavandote - You are washing up

**[02:12:43]** but for Spanish speakers it would be too strange to say which is why most of the time the indirect object pronoun has has

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> Reflexive Verbs in the Present Progressive: Tu estas lavando - You are washing Te estas lavando - You are washing up

**[02:12:48]** to be put before a conjugative verb it's the same thing as saying in English you

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> Reflexive Verbs in the Present Progressive: Tu estas lavando - You are washing Te estas lavando - You are washing up You are washing to you

**[02:12:51]** are washing to you which doesn't make

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> Reflexive Verbs in the Present Progressive: Tu estas lavando - You are washing Te estas lavando - You are washing up

**[02:12:53]** sense so overall just remember to put indirect object pronouns before conjugated verbs at last reflexive verbs

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> Reflexive Verbs in the Past Simple:

**[02:12:59]** can also function in the past simple tense like saying El La meaning he

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> Reflexive Verbs in the Past Simple: El lavé - He washed

**[02:13:02]** washed but saying a means he washed up

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> Reflexive Verbs in the Past Simple: El lavé - He washed A élse lavo - He washed up

**[02:13:06]** and we know that it's a he because the construction indicates that and that's

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> Reflexive Verbs in the Past Simple: El lavo - He washed A élse lav6 - He washed up

**[02:13:09]** really how reflexive verbs work in Spanish and I would even say that they're not as hard as people think they are for the sake of learning I'd like to

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> Reflexive Verbs In Spanish: e bafharse e levantarse e despertarse e dormirse e irse ¢ ponerse e sentarse e llamarse

**[02:13:16]** give all of you useful reflexive verbs so that you can understand how these verbs work at Best because I'm not going to list every verb that exists in Spanish some of the most useful ones in Spanish are B

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> banar - to bathe banarse - to take a bath

**[02:13:34]** a bath saying a sentence like Yano means

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> banar - to bathe banarse - to take a bath Yo bano - | bathe Me bano - I take a bath

**[02:13:37]** I bathe but saying Meo means I take a bath of course you can stretch the sentence in any way you want whether it's using a different object pronoun putting it in the present progressive or past simple tense leant say is a verb

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> levantar - to lift/raise levantarse - to lift up/get up

**[02:13:48]** that's easier to understand because leant means to lift or to raise but leant means to lift up or get up to

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> levantar - to lift/raise levantarse - to lift up/get up Tu levantaste - You lifted Te levantaste - You got up

**[02:13:55]** leaste means you lifted but taste means you got up of course you can stretch the sentence in any way you want desper

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> despertar - to arouse/awake despertarse - to wake up

**[02:14:03]** means to arouse or to awake but Des means to wake up desperto means he

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> despertar - to arouse/awake despertarse - to wake up El desperto - He aroused A él se desperto - He woke up

**[02:14:09]** butto means he woke up d means to sleep

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> dormir - to sleep dormirse - to fall asleep

**[02:14:13]** but means to fall asleep I really hope that you're starting to get the hang of it now because most of the these reflexive verbs are verbs that are used in the past simple tense of course you can make any sentence you want using is

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> ir- to go irse - to g0 away/leave

**[02:14:24]** a very interesting one because means to go but means to go away or to leave

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> ir- to go irse - to go away/leave Yo voy - 1 go Me voy - I go away / I leave

**[02:14:29]** saying y means I go but saying Meo means I go away or I leave and the same concept applies to any pronoun and sentence you want to use p means to put

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> poner - to put ponerse - to put down

**[02:14:38]** but P say means to put down but let's not forget that it's an irregular y verb yongo means I put but me Pongo means I

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> poner - to put ponerse - to put down Yo pongo - I put Me pongo - | put down

**[02:14:46]** put down and the same concept applies to any pronoun and sentence you want to use

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> sentar - to sit sentarse - to sit down

**[02:14:49]** S is actually a reflexive verb that's also stem changing s means to sit but means to sit down yento means I said but

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> sentar - to sit sentarse - to sit down Yo siento - | sit Me siento - | sit down

**[02:14:58]** meso means I said down and the last most useful reflexive verb is actually a verb that many beginners heard of but never understood and that is yamar while yamar

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> llamar - to call llamarse - to call oneself

**[02:15:06]** means to call as in to call someone by phone yamar means to call oneself or yourself in this case because it's a verb that has to do with oneself the most used sentence that everyone has heard of isas meaning how how do you

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> llamar - to call llamarse - to call oneself éComo te llamas? How do you call yourself?

**[02:15:18]** call yourself while koyas can mean how

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> llamar - to call llamarse - to call oneself éComo llamas? How do you call?

**[02:15:20]** do you call as in how do you call your favorite person or whatever komas means

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> llamar - to call llamarse - to call oneself éComo te llamas? How do you call yourself?

**[02:15:24]** how do you call yourself which is a fancy way of saying what's your name you can reply by saying May Alex or whatever

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> llamar - to call llamarse - to call oneself Me llamo Alex | call myself Alex

**[02:15:30]** your name is a lot of beginners would tend to say something like May s Alex or

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> llamar - to call llamarse - to call oneself Me llamo es Alex Yo llamo Alex

**[02:15:35]** yoy Alex and when you put these sentences in English you'll get I call

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> llamar - to call llamarse - to call oneself Me llamo es Alex Yo llamo Alex I call myself is Alex I call Alex

**[02:15:38]** myself as Alex or I call Alex and these are incorrect responses to the question

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> llamar - to call llamarse - to call oneself M oe =)4 Yo lex I call is Alex LA

**[02:15:43]** komas and now you hopefully understand what this phrase finally means along with how reflexive verbs work in Spanish
