Spanish Reflexive Verbs v1.0

Hola! There is an updated version of this here with the spelling error fixed and a few visuals updated: • Spanish Reflexive Verbs .
This video is a great introduction to Spanish Reflexive Verbs. I like to use this either as an introduction, as reinforcement after we've used it a few times, and also as a great way to help absent students catch up! Click "Show More" in the description for links to free handouts.
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[@troutrl5669]

my spanish teacher just told us "these are reflexive verbs" and gave us a worksheet without telling us how to use them so this was very helpful thanks!

[@CyberProfe]

That's great! I'm glad it helped.

[@rachelgassner5467]

This is the best reflexive verb explanation I've ever seen. It's simple, effective, and covers all the important points. GRACIAS

[@bigwordnumero1]

¡Por Fin! I listened to the explanation, did the exercises, got 6 out of 6. Never understood Spanish reflexive verbs before. so thank you!

[@meridithreddick376]

In the wake of COVID 19 and working insane hours your video is going to save me time, which feels very limited with a 1 year old! ¡ Muchísimas gracias a Cyber Profe!

[@CyberProfe]

Thank you for the compliment!

[@alinagershenson8713]

yes i feel ur pain sweety

[@saioadiez6698]

Muy bien explicado. Pero cuidado con "despertarse". No es despArtarse. ¡Gracias!

[@nicolemitchell7105]

This is a great video! I really like the trick I learned from you about using @ instead of writing both "vosotros" and "vosotras" out in full. One note - On the slide where you have the stem-changing verbs listed, you have misspelled the verb "despertarse," putting an "a" after the "p." It should be an "e," as it is an e-->ie stem-changing verb. Gracias.

[@emilygrace9585]

This video taught me more than my Spanish teacher who has a Doctorate degree

[@CyberProfe]

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Thank you, you make it a lot easier than school does

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Thank you for saying that! Glad it helped.

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[@pamelakimball6978]

Thanks for shining a light on reflective verbs

[@keemadoo247]

Estudio espanol en mi escuela, y este video es muy bueno para mi. Muchas gracias !. 🙏

[@stevenstone307]

Finally I understand! The llamo llamarse explanation finally cleared it up for me, thank you!!

[@CyberProfe]

You’re welcome!

[@Coley1884]

'Muchos gracias! Eso ayuda mucho con me intento aprender Espanol!' I think! Reflexive verbs are very confusing to me and doesn't come naturally. This is very helpful in clarifying the principles. I really like the structure to your video too. Thanks!

[@FireMaster-or6lo]

tip: when you are saying "that helps (me) a lot with x" you don't need the me, as in English

[@shibainugamer]

It's crazy how this person can switch between such a smooth Spanish and English accent.

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[@FireMaster-or6lo]

smooth spanish? srry but no. Like its good, much better than other native English speakers, but i wouldnt call it smooth.

[@shibainugamer]

@@FireMaster-or6lo yeah but its just cool how the accent changes so much

[@CyberProfe]

Thanks for the compliment! I work hard at making sure my Spanish sounds good but I was always have a bit of an American accent. =)

[@caseycampbell4787]

OMG, where were you in Spanish 2 when I needed you? I remember being so confused when my teacher tried to explain it but you make it make sense. I like how your voice is calm. That helps me.

[@CyberProfe]

I'm glad I could help! Hope you did well on the test.

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[@CyberProfe]

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[@daniellecortes4717]

Gracias por este vídeo. I first showed the textbook's video tutorial and the kids were so confused. This one went over much better! :)

[@CyberProfe]

Glad it helped!

[@nancygottschalk2119]

EXCELLENT!!! Thank you so much. The rest of the videos go so fast!

[@evamanzano1900]

Really good explanation, thank you! I will show this to my year 8s next week.

[@CyberProfe]

Thanks for the compliment. Tell your students I said Hola! :)

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I've watched many videos and this is by far the best one out there! thank you!

[@CyberProfe]

Glad it was helpful!

[@iballisticat12-18]

appreciate it big time, had a hard time understanding, great easy examples and good pacing. Thanks!!!

[@VinayKumar-rg9fg]

You have very great way of explaining (along with a great/sweet voice). Gracias.

[@CyberProfe]

Thank you!

[@kimmazza2835]

I love your video and it explains this topic very well. I did notice that there is a spelling error in the verb to wake up, it should be despertarse not despartarse.

[@CyberProfe]

Thank you! Sadly, KZbin makes it hard to fix things like that. I'd have to take down the whole video and repost with a new link.

[@thefictionxwelive]

Thank you so much!!! I was struggling with this all week and it finally clicked that I add the reflexive pronoun AND conjugate the ar/er/ir verb (after removing se). Thank you thank you thank you. ❤

[@saimadeit]

great video

[@dinapurpletonz594]

thankyou so much! this was really helpful :)

[@arboristmik2001]

Thank you for this excellent and informative explanation

[@mrdragongaming900]

Watching this after 3 years but this very use full

[@swordoftruth1014]

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[@emmaweel5850]

This video is incredibly helpful! Thank you so much you have saved me

[@CyberProfe]

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[@andralidrivera836]

I love this! however the verb Despertar was misspelled correct spelling is DESPERTARSE at 3:11 mark . You are the best to explain these though

[@CyberProfe]

Thanks for the compliment! I wish I could fix that without taking the whole video down but KZbin won't let me. lol

[@johnsturgess2969]

mucho gracias

[@renkunvlogs]

Muchísimas gracias! Ahora entiendo mejor los verbos reflexivos! ❤️

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[@CyberProfe]

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Thank you.

[@evasolano3386]

Excellent video and explanation. ¡Gracias!

[@CyberProfe]

Any time!

[@Hossam_1993]

I find this very helpful! Thanks

[@c.noelle5482]

thank you this video was very helpful!

[@jacksonac7996]

Thank you

[@davidhelseth5910]

¡Muchas Gracias. Aprendimos mucho de su video excelente! Pero, es mejor usar los puntos al fin de las frases.

[@CyberProfe]

jaja! Estoy de acuerdo. I don't know why I don't like to use periods. My later videos are much better at that.

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thanks for the video

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[@JS-wg4px]

correction at 3:12 The spelling should be "despertarse"

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[@tommyg.9069]

Helpful video

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Glad you think so!

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a very well explaining video

[@Judles53]

Thanks!

[@CGO374]

Gracias 🙏

[@miriamdominguez6330]

Great video. Please correct the word despErtarse at about 3:11

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Great video!

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This is a fantastic video

[@Capin_KO]

you explained this better than my spanish teacher who is spanish

[@quentintyler]

Great video!! I have a question. I was working with reflexive verbs an I was getting the hang of it. Then I came across this sentence, "Después de levantarme, me afeito la cara". Why wouldn't this sentence be "despues de me levanto" ?

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Ong I learned more than what my teacher could teach 💀💀

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Thank you!! At last!!

[@CyberProfe]

You're welcome!

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Thanks for this video! I'll use it with my students in Sweden :)

[@CyberProfe]

That is awesome! Thank you for the compliment.

[@jhetroemiranda1916]

Can someone explain it was me cepillo los dientes? What was the purpose of adding the definite article “los”? Thanks

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This was very well explained

[@CyberProfe]

Gracias!

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Muy bien!

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I really need to get extra spanish classes😭

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Thanks for reaching

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took me a while to understand but i understood thx

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Let's learn Spanish. ! Vamos aprende espanol!

[@WBRI_Brianless]

I've never considered the pronoun clarification, but it makes sense when you consider it conversationally

[@islamictwins8514]

Question, why when we say me gusta or te gusta why doesn’t the gusta change?

[@CyberProfe]

Because of how we translate it. =) As an English speaker, I'll translate "me gusta" as "I like it" but it really means "me (to me) gusta (this is pleasing)." So me gusta means "to me it is pleasing", te gusta means "to you it is pleasing", nos gusta means "to us it is pleasing" and le gusta means "to him or to her it is pleasing." That's why it doesn't change!

[@kathleenfreedberg8927]

Great video but there are a couple of mistakes. Despertarse is spelled wrong on the screen.

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Great video-help gracias!

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Thank you - a year on

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What an amazing video, I feel inspired to make some material now. Me toca a mí

[@CyberProfe]

Buena suerte! It's fun to make these although time consuming. =)

[@jbls1855]

This is really good, but you spelled "despertarse" wrong...

[@danlonowski6716]

Buen trabajo!

[@leaannhawkins408]

This was actually pretty helpful. Thanks.

[@CyberProfe]

Glad it helped!

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Gracias

[@adri8446]

my spanish teach told me to watch this-

[@colours.converse]

Thank you for this video. However my Spanish friends say that 'cepillo mis dientes' is also correct, even if 'me cepillo los dientes' might be more common.

[@CyberProfe]

Your Spanish friend is correct! Since making the video, I’ve learned that both ways are right. :) Happy Holidays!

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What grade r y’all learning this in

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This is awesome!

[@CyberProfe]

Thank you!

[@redstripe5794]

Ty so much for the info

[@billbortkevich2300]

When can we use these verbs in infinitive form ? I'd love to get some examples. I'm a bit puzzled even why we need infinitive form - most of those are just regular verbs that are used in a peculiar reflexive way. Can any verb be reflexive under right cirunstances? Please clarify.

[@gerlautamr.656]

Examples: Es difícil levantarse a las 7 de la mañana. Las montañas pueden verse desde lejos. Mi madre va a comerse las frutas. These are just a few examples where reflexive verbs are used in their infinitive form.

[@kimberlymazza213]

Despertarse no despartarse, would be nice to make that correction.

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thisis so underrated..

[@manvirkaur5602]

to wake up is spelled wrong, it is despertarse not despartarse

[@kaigudapati7890]

thanks. now i get it

[@shaniahwebb4896]

I got them right

[@chriswesley594]

I've struggled with this for three years. Most teachers do what you do. But surelt "me llamo" is just an ordinary verb, following the ordinary order of words in Spanish. "Te llamo" is "I call you, but it's not reflexive. The reflexivity is therefor in the direct object pronoun, not in the verb. It's not a "a reflexive verb", it's a "sentence reflecting an action the the doer of the action". Right?

[@CyberProfe]

Hola! The verb 'llamar' is different from the verb 'llamarse'. One is reflexive but the other isn't. Me llamo uses the verb 'llamarse' to mean "I call myself," like: Me llamo Sara. But, in your example, te llamo, it uses the verb 'llamar' and just means I call you. You could say, "Ya te llamo," and it means "I'll call you back."

[@chriswesley594]

Thanks for your reply. In English, we can say "I call myself Chris" but we can also say "I call you Cyber". I agree that one usage of the verb is reflexive and the other is not, but - for me - it's the same verb. It means fundamentally the same thing, but the convention around the usage - the context - modifies it slightly. I suppose whether you say those two usages of CALL are using two diferent verbs, or the same verb in two contexts which modify the verb's meaning slightly - is arbitrary, but I've struggled with this for years. Now I can use reflexive verbs correctly, and I've learned many of those special contextual (AKA reflexive) meanings, but for me - reflexive verbs are just the same old regular verbs used in special contexts. Thanks again for your time.

[@alexhosner9114]

thanks. I now get it

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[@CyberProfe]

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