Using Stem-changing Reflexive Verbs in Spanish!

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In this video we'll be going over the reflexives that deal with the routine again. We'll focus on the stem-changers. This lesson is for my Spanish II students and might be a little too advanced for some.
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Author's note:
*(6:35) 'Nosotros nos acostamos' should be 'Nosotros nos dormimos'

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[@SeñorJordan]

The ustedes means "you all" in all countries. In Spain, it happens to be the formal way to say "you all" while "vosotros" would be for friends and younger people. But everywhere else, "ustedes" is used for you (plural).

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I love the way you explain things! I don't remember ever hearing about the shoe verbs but it will help a lot. Noticed one small thing at 5:15 when you used duermes instead of duerme which made me question my small knowledge 😁 but after all these years you probably already noticed.

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My students at Lowery Freshman Center in Allen TX noticed that you conjugated ell duermes and it should be el DUERME. We all make mistakes and learn from them, we love your videos!

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[@elitetech7728]

This makes sense! So the reason, why there is a "se" in "como *se* llama" is because it is literally translated to" What do you call yourself

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[@busybee4668]

EliteTech Como se llama is more like "How does he or she calls himself or herself (depending on the subject)". What do you call yourself or How do you call yourself is more like "Como te llamas?".

[@SeñorJordan]

Nosotros dormimos = Dormimos. They both mean 'we sleep' Nosotros nos dormimos = Nos dormimos. Both mean 'We fall asleep.' Nosotros is optional but 'nos' does not take the place of it. Our verb in the nosotros form is what means we don't have to use nosotros. That is, 'dormimos' is the nosotros form, so we know that means 'we sleep', thus we don't need the 'nosotros' in it

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[@johnadamsyt]

Hey the "shoe" trick really helps to remember the changes.

[@aussiebaka4588]

~6:40 I thought acostar was "to go to bed", not "to fall asleep". Shouldn't you mean "Nosotros nos dormimos?"

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[@funkymoney951]

this helped a bunch i didnt understand the reflexive very well but now i do, thanks :D

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[@peggydyslin61]

How do you know when to use acostarse and when to use dormirse? I thought acostarse was the act of going to bed, but dormirse was actually falling asleep. The answer @ 6:36 in your video shows me that I'm wrong. I would love to understand the difference. Thanks for these videos & your help!

[@SeñorJordan]

You're correct. In the video, there was a typo! In all cases: acostarse = to go to bed dormirse = to go to sleep / to fall asleep

[@SeñorJordan]

I added annotations for less confusion. Gracias.

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[@SeñorJordan]

Ustedes is the plural you everywhere else... in Spain, ustedes would be used as the formal plural you while vosotros would be used similar to tú but with multiple people. :-)

[@RichOffClip]

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[@723bet]

It's not wrong to say "va a la cama,", you're just using a different verb (ir). The verb acostarse really means to lay down. Pablo se acuesta. (Pablo lays himself down/ lies down). You may hear both from Spanish-speakers, from my perspective I've mostly heard and used acostarse.

[@jennhoff03]

Oh, that's good to know! So I am 90% bedbound, and I always wonder how to say "I'm going to bed" in Spanish without implying that I'm going to SLEEP. So you're saying I would use acostarse for that, right?

[@donyajahedmanesh3386]

HI jordan, I like your explanation, and it really helped me. But for dormirse, the 3rd person singular, shoulnt it be "duerme" instead of "duermes"? Because I have noticed it when I was practising the reflective verbs with your video. :)

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Bo Sebastian If you have a book store near where you are, at least in the US a lot of the big ones have parts of the children's section with books in Spanish. You might ask at your local store... or maybe at a local library depending on where you live they might have some children's books in Spanish.

[@mickismith]

great video! but I am still confused about how to put the me, te, se, etc at the end of the infinitive. I there another video to explain it? Gracias!

[@d.lawrence5670]

micki, it's been 7 years, have u figured it out yet?

[@Airvian]

Would you say that it's more common to say voy a dormir or me acuesto to mean I'm going to sleep?

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¡Hola! Every person is different so it’s hard to say. You could try and see how it goes. You might also consider: 1. Getting a private tutor to work on your conversational skills in Spanish 2. Listening to music in Spanish
 3. Watching television shows or movies that you like in English with Spanish subtitles turned on A varied approach with different techniques and sources of the language would be ideal to see what fits best with you. Hope that helps!

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[@d.lawrence5670]

Regarding 6:38, Spanish dictionary says "Acostarse" = to go to bed. "Dormirse" = to fall asleep.

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Those are e-i stem-changers... they're just different. :-)

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[@Shirviu]

I am just reviewing this and already understand, but for the future I think it would be easier for people to understand if you said instead of "I brush myself the teeth = I brush my teeth" saying "I brush the teeth of myself = I brush my teeth." Just think it would work better if I were the one learning anyway && great job on these videos, helping me for my final

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watch part 3

[@austinplays7882]

is there a way to tell if a verb has a stem-change

[@SeñorJordan]

Austin Plays Not really! The good news is, the more common ones you'll come across so much that it will simply become second nature! ;-)

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[@glynester]

Great videos. I love them. Thanks I think the form of dormirse for el, ella, usted is wrong at 5.25mins. It should be "duerme" not "duermes".

[@d.lawrence5670]

yep, I caught that

[@MrCoop73]

Pablo goes to bed at midnight.... why isnt it ... Pablo va a la cama a las doce de noche

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[@MariaHassRealEstate]

There is a side note saying it should be duerme :)

[@melissious]

These are really great! Wish I had found them earlier in the semester. My professor takes weeks to teach this, and is so confusing for something so simple!!

[@allizoo13]

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[@maggieven]

Correcto. Es: el/ella/usted DUERME

[@declanmckee7001]

You said el,ella,usted duermes when it should be duerme

[@senoralopez4817]

mira chico por favor cambie los verbos acostarse quiere decir "lie down" y dormirse quiere decir "to fall asleep" en algunos casos usaste el verbo incorrectamente! Gracias y te amamos!

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+StupidPranks Technically you already did. But sure.

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What happened to the green screen at 4:18? xD

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I really need help with theses

[@thaloblue]

He has it annotated to the side, though... :)

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4:19

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Good show! But some of these verbs are not reflexive. They are "se incoativos" like "dormirse."

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Can I say : yo cepillo mis dientes instead of : yo me cepillo los dientes ???

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Can you? Yes. Your point will get across. Should you? No. Spanish is different from English. The best way is the way taught in the video. Best way: (yo) me cepillo los dientes... (notice "yo" is optional since "cepillo" is in the "yo" form already and means "I brush")

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[@78171626]

Èl, Ella, usted duermes?

[@SeñorJordan]

I don't use it, nor do I teach it.

[@CourtReporterSWVA]

I dress myself -- Me visto; I also dress my children. So to say that in Spanish is what? I dress them -- se visto?

[@SeñorJordan]

Steno Reporter Actually it's only reflexive in this case if you're doing the action to yourself. Otherwise, no reflexive pronouns (me, te, se, nos, *os, se). So: (yo) Me visto = (I) myself I dress. To say I dress someone else (like my kids), (Yo) Visto a mis hijos. If I want to say "I dress them", then "them" is a direct object, which would be: los (Yo) Los visto. Hope that helps!

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