Reflexive verbs
You recognize them because it’s a verb+”se” at the end:
e.g. irse (to go away); ponerse (to put
on/wear); lavarse (to wash up)
To conjugate, drop the “se” and conjugate what is left
normally, then add the correct reflexive pronoun before the verb: me (myself),
te (yourself/fam), se (him/herself, yourself(form)), themselves, and nos
(ourselves)
eg. me voy, te vas, se va, nos vamos, se van
Me voy porque es tarde (I'm leaving because it’s late)
Me pongo una camisa roja (I put on (myself) a red shirt)
Me lavo las manos (I wash my hands; literally I wash myself
the hands)
Reflexive is used a lot more in Spanish than in English. It’s used to convey doing something to yourself:
Yo me lastimé el dedo (lastimar/to hurt; I hurt(past tense) my finger)
Yo me voy a operar mañana (I’m going to have surgery tomorrow).
Yo me caí anoche. (I fell down last night; caer to fall; caerse to fall down).
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