REFLEXIVES
Actions that we can do to others or to ourselves, for example : We can wash somebody else or we can wash ourselves. Let's see this example :
LAVAR = TO WASH
- yo lavo = I wash
- yo lavo el coche = I wash the car
To indicate I wash myself, I wash her, She washes herself etc. we will use these pronouns
- Yo me lavo = I wash myself
- Tu te lavas = You wash yourself
- El se lava = He washes himself
- Ella se lava = She washes herself
- Nosotros nos lavamos = we wash ourselves
- Vosotros os lavais = you wash yourselves
- Ellos se lavan = they wash themselves
To make the action to another person we will use almost the same pronouns except for a few exceptions.
- Yo te lavo = I wash you
- Tu me lavas = You wash me
- Yo os lavo = I wash you (plur.)
But...
- Yo le lavo = I wash him
- Yo lo lavo = I wash it (masc.)
- Yo la lavo = I wash her (and it fem.)
- Yo les lavo = I wash them
- Tu les lavas = You wash them
- Ella les lava = She washes them
The pronoun in this last column stays the same, only changes the person doing the action and of course the verb I wash who? I wash them You wash who? you wash them...
THEM stays the same...only I wash, you wash is changing. Remember = Se when he does it to himself Le when somebody does it to him.
EXAMPLES :
- Yo hablo a Antonio = Yo le hablo
- I speak to Antonio, I speak to him
- Clara me habla = Clara speaks to me
- Yo hablo a Clara = Yo le hablo I speak to Clara, I speak to her
- Me gusta comer = I like to eat
- Le gusta comer = He/she likes to eat
- Le gusta = He/she likes
- Se gusta = he/she likes himself / herself
When we have the pronoun of person (me, te, le...) plus the pronoun of thing masc. or fem. (lo/la) it goes like this:
COMPRAR = TO BUY
- Yo le compro un libro a Antonio = I buy a book for Antonio
- Yo lo compro para Antonio = I buy it for Antonio
- Yo le lo compro = WRONG!!! To not have so many LLLL in the sentence we do it with:
- YO SE LO COMPRO = I buy IT to HIM (Se in this case doesn't have any "for himself" implications.
We will be seeing the use of these pronouns in the sentences and texts. Right now don't worry if you don't understand them, just try to memorize them and in the future we will be learning where they are placed.
SINGULAR | PLURAL | SINGULAR | PLURAL |
mi my | mis | (el) mío, (la) mía mine | (los) mios, (las) mias |
tu your | tus | (el) tuyo, (la) tuya your | (los) tuyos, (las) tuyas |
su his/her | sus | (el) suyo, (la) suya) his/hers | (los) suyos, (las) suyas |
nuestro, -a our | nuestros, -as | (el) nuestro, (la) nuestra ours | (los) nuestros, (las) nuestras |
vuestro, -a your | vuestros, -as | (el) vuestro, (la) vuestra yours | (los) vuestros, (las) vuestras |
su their | sus | (el) suyo, (la) suya theirs | (los) suyos, (las) suyas |
Última edición por LiA el Dom Jun 07, 2009 1:58 am, editado 3 veces