Reflexive Verbs and Reflexive Pronouns
This Spanish Grammar online topic covers Reflexive Verbs and Reflexive Pronouns. In Spanish, a verb is considered reflexive if the subject (the performer of the action) and the object (the receiver of the action) are the same.
Heres an example of a reflexive verb being used in English:
I wash myself.
In the above sentence the verb wash is considered reflexive because the subject or the one performing the action (I) and the object or the one receiving the action (myself) are the same. On the other hand, if I said I wash the baby, the verb wash is no longer reflexive because the subject or the one performing the action (I) and the object or the one receiving the action (baby) are not the same.
Spanish reflexive verbs consist of a verb and a reflexive pronoun.
The following are reflexive pronouns or objects of reflexive verbs.
me myself
te yourself (t form)
se yourself (usted form)
nos ourselves
se themselves, yourselves
When there is just one verb in the sentence, the reflexive pronoun must come before the reflexive...