Using Reflexive Verbs in Spanish!

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I could not understand what is so special about reflexive verbs until you dissected it. it took you 5 seconds - many thanks.

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[@SeñorJordan]

The preferred way is: "(Yo) Me lavo la cara." Different languages have different "correct" ways of saying something. Would it sound ok to say, "I wash myself the face" in English? No. But it sounds great in Spanish. They're different languages. ;-)

[@meredy770]

i don't know if you're still online, but what about the vosotros form?

[@SeñorJordan]

​@@meredy770 Sorry, there used to be annotations, which KZbin discontinued! In the present tense, for ar verbs... os [verb - ar]+ áis examples: os cepilláis os laváis In the present tense, for ar verbs... os [verb - er] + éis examples: os ponéis In the present tense, for ar verbs... os [verb - ir] + ís os dormís os vestís Hope that helps!

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[@SeñorJordan]

I think you're on the right track! :-) by itself: me levanto = I lift myself (I get up) te levantas = you lift yourself (you get up) after another verb: Puedo levantarme (I can get myself up) Puedo levantarte (I can lift you up) I'm not sure if that clarifies.

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[@SeñorJordan]

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It's sad I have to watch this when I'm already in Spanish III! But thanks for the help. I actually understand now.

[@SeñorJordan]

+MusicIsMyLife Well if it makes you less sad, check out this more recent song video simplifying reflexive verbs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4qpdKp_m79gqZY ;-)

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[@SeñorJordan]

So glad that the video is still useful! Thanks for watching. :-)

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[@SeñorJordan]

The reflexives are only when the action is done to the person who is acting. ex: Te levantas. (you get [yourself] up) You could say "levántate" to order someone. Or "despiértate" In the affirmative 'tú' commands you attach the pronoun (me, te, se, nos, se) to the end.

[@SeñorJordan]

in Spanish, we don't attach the 'me' to the verb when it is changed... thus...: 'me llamo' there are sometimes songs and things from ages ago that attach them to the end... however, it is not common or standard practice to do so anymore. for 'llámame'... which is a command meaning "call me!".... we place the accent mark because of the pronunciation rules of Spanish so we know to emphasize that first 'a' like we would in the pronunciation of 'llama' where the emphasis is on the first a.

[@SeñorJordan]

Right. Good question. The way we do that is the reflexive pronoun is 'os' in front: -ar verbs os [verb - ar + áis] ex: (cepillarse) os cepilláis -er verbs os [verb - er + éis] -ir verbs os [verb - ir + ís] Ex: (vestirse) os vestís

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[@SeñorJordan]

if they are commands you can attach... but I don't have any videos on those yet ;-) otherwise, before the conjugated verb, or after the infinitve or after the 'ing'

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Gracias, gracias! Los verbos reflexivos have stumped me for years, and have been responsible for me hitting a virtual learning wall when it comes to the Spanish language. In the first minute of this video I was able to begin tearing down that wall. You are a savior!!

[@SeñorJordan]

Glad to be of assistance! Let me know if there's something you specifically are having trouble with.

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[@SeñorJordan]

Actually neither. 'Him' is a direct object. We'll use 'lo' for him. We will place that before the whole verb phrase or after the infinitive (if there are multiple verbs) So: 1) Lo quiero encontrar. or 2) Quiero encontrarlo. Hope that made sense!

[@SeñorJordan]

Thanks for the feedback. This was one of the early videos I did and now that I watched it again, it does seem rather long compared to the newer ones and has some typos (oops!). I might re-do this one in the future or at least shorten it a smidge.

[@SeñorJordan]

@MarchingMac04 Actually, we don't use "se" because that generally means 'himself"; "herself", "yourself" (formal), "themselves" or "yourselves"... it would be: (yo) La levanto. (she's the direct object of my action of waking... so 'la') (yo) Lo levanto. (I wake him up) (yo) Las levanto (I wake them (girls) up) (yo) Los levanto (I wake them up)

[@SeñorJordan]

@cshett 'me lavo las manos' is the preferred way to say it. 'lavo mis manos' would be a direct translation from English. Please keep in mind the structures we have are different in other languages. Just because something is different doesn't make it wrong. ;-)

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Bro your teaching is simplistic yet efficient. I watch this video one time and now I have a complete understanding of reflexive verbs.thankyou.im subscribing 💯

[@SeñorJordan]

Glad to hear that! ¡Gracias!

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[@SeñorJordan]

Si glad it was helpful! ¡Gracias!

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When you learn more from this video than your teacher because he isn't fluent/doesn't know Spanish in the slightest. Gracias!

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IT SEEMS LIKE YOU PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS THOUGH, SO FOR THAT CONGRATULATIONS!

[@SeñorJordan]

I get myself up = Yo me levanto. yo = I me = myself levanto = get up Tú me levantas = you get me up tú = you me = myself / me levantas = get up These are reflexives so we'll use: 'me' with yo form, 'te' with tú form, 'se' with él / ella / usted form 'nos' with nosotros/nosotras form 'se' with ellos / ellas / ustedes form

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ah, that beautiful moment when everything just clicks

[@SeñorJordan]

Something that is necessary to do when learning a new language is to remember that structures between languages are different. In this case, it's better to accept that Spanish is different in that we say: "me lavo la cara" instead of "(me) lavo mi cara". The "me" before the verb is telling us who we are doing the action... which functions similarly to the "my" in English in this case.

[@picklesheesh1866]

THANK U SO MUCH I’ve been trying to understand the purpose of reflexive verbs for some time now. This video did just that in 10 minutes

[@SeñorJordan]

In Spanish, when any person does an action to them self, they reflect the action. Thus we will use 'reflexive verbs'. So yes, but not necessarily to your body. Just to them self. Ex: He wakes (himself) up. = Él se despierta. We shave (ourselves). = Nosotros nos afeitamos. I dry my hair. => I dry myself the hair = Yo me seco el pelo. Et cetera. Hopefully that made sense! :-)

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thank you so much señor jordan i have a test tomorrow and i didn't understand reflexive verbs but now i do :D

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Thank you, this helped me understand the concept where my Spanish II class could not. I don't understand why a class must be spoken 100 percent in Spanish, its the English with the Spanish that allows me to understand the concept. I get lost the other way.

[@SeñorJordan]

@Foolinaround1 Good question. For a basic sentence such as [subject] [verb]... yeah. For more complicated sentences with before, after, and other sorts of things, I can't make any promises ;-)

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[@SeñorJordan]

that is how the verb changes... dormirse (o changes to ue) acostarse (o changes to ue) vestire (e changes to i) despertarse (e changes to ie)

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Thx man this helped a lot. Its hard to understand my spanish teacher sometimes cuz she talks so fast and has a huge accent. U r the man. Thx u so much!

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I was having so much trouble with reflexives in class, but this helped me so much. Gracias Señor.

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That was really helpful. I used this because the video link my teacher gave me to watch was unavailable, and I'm glad I found this. Nice job!

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Easy and practical way of grammar teaching 🙂🍁

[@spanishlearning9600]

Hey Señor Jordan! I wanna ask you something. I wonder what will my spanish level will be when i finish this playlist?

[@SeñorJordan]

It just depends on how much of it you're able to absorb and put into practice. You might also find other resources in conjunction with the lessons.

[@spanishlearning9600]

@@SeñorJordan thank you for your quick reply. I will try to watch spanish movies with esp sub on netflix, it helped me a lot after my english classes,and also spanish people never make bad movies :)

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Thanks! We just started reflexive verbs in Spanish class yesterday. I was confused since it was the first day of a new unit, so I wound up here! Gracias

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Hey im home educated at the moment so I dont have a teacher you're like my Spanish teacher it's amazing thanks :)

[@os.8470]

FINALLY FOUND IT AFTER LISTENING TO YOUR REFLEXIVE VERBS IN SPANISH :D

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WOW!!! This is simply amazing. I'm trying to learn spanish and this helps sooooo much. You make it so easy to understand. Muchas Gracias! :)

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[@Redharvest10]

Thank you so much, when you put the list of reflexives on screen that really helped it click in my brain because as simple as it looks I just couldn't get it completely till today.

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Thank you I have been studying Spanish and spent a few months in Madrid but never really understood se I just knew when to use it.

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This video made so much sense.

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[@SeñorJordan]

Gracias, Cristian. Muy amable. ;-)

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Me encantó la lección!

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thank you so much Jordan(I'm guessing that's your name)! students go through so much horsesh*t to study Spanish, and you just make it so much clearer! textbooks and real-life teachers are useless as compared to your videos/tutorials. every Spanish student deserves a teacher like you! thank you

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Its ridiculous how many of your videos I watch.

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Thank you ! I could never understand reflexives until you explained it SO well. Thank you again.

[@SeñorJordan]

'me llamo' does not need an accent mark 'llamome' is not said... however the commands 'llámame' ([you] call me) or 'llámenme' ([you all] call me) would have accents

[@TerranceJose]

Gran explicación y simple del reflexivo.

[@haileygates890]

I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THIS UNTIL NOW! Thank you so much, this was a wonderful video; you are better than most of my professors at my university

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Thank you sooooooooooo much for sharing this video Mr. Jordan. I will be sharing it with my students today. May God bless you immensely for this.

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ugh my Spanish teacher is making me watch this for homework T^T no offense Senor Jordan lol

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only reason im here is because i suck with relexive verbs

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This is awesome!!! Soooooo helpful! Thank you!

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This helps so much! I have a test today and it helped me study!!! Thank you!

[@18Revo]

You are very helpful, thank you. I am now learning these exact reflexive verbs and came on here for a bit of memorization and practice. We learn out of the Realidades book. I can't wait to learn Spanish 3.. lo emocionante. :p

[@gritNglitter301]

Thanks Jordan, I taking Spanish II and my teacher explained little to none on how to conjugate this verbs. I'm checking out your other videos too. Just wish I had something in writing to supplement this.

[@rachelg7371]

I find it helps reinforce the learning when I write it down myself.