02 Spanish Lesson - Reflexive Verbs (part 1)

[ParkourXpert]

cierto o falso......Yo me duermo.....i go to bed

[tontitofrito]

@ParkourXpert  Si fueras algo como yo, yo diría: ¿¡FALSO!?

[ParkourXpert]

can i said....you are called....Tú llamas

[tontitofrito]

@ParkourXpert

(tú) te llamas = You are called [name] / you call yourself [name]

[cmezger1]

"ducharse"



[wonderbird13245]

no soy español 2, pero con sus videos, creo que va a ayudar mucho. gracias!

[mcgillcanada]

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

[mcgillcanada]

DUDE, YOU HAVE TO WORK ON YOUR SPANISH PRONUNCIATION, YOU ALSO NEED TO WORK ON YOUR TEACHING APPROACH... VERY BORING! AGRRRR!!!!!

[TheDukeOfNormandy]

1:00 dame riso

[mypeacelullaby]

sağol..ilellika..

[brilliantmojo]

more english less spanish

[slsrox1298]

For we comb our hair, wouldn't it be: Nosotros nos cepillamos nuestra pelo. ???

[cmezger1]

"nuestro" in "nuestro pelo" it is not necessary because it is understood that if we are are doing an action to ourselves, them it has to be our own hair. Therefore, "Nosotros nos cepillamos el pelo".

[CaptainFristian]

I seriously love you.

[LycoriProductions]

Your spanish lessons are very educational. My little sister came home from school and logged on to her computer immediately, without even a "hello". When I asked her what she was doing, she told me to shut up because she was trying to listen to your videos to review for her test... We watch at least five every day, now that I'm in Spanish as well. Thank you for all these lessons, you are very helpful!

[chipmunklad7]

why did the spanish have to make an overly complicated conjagation system

like if there a diffrence between me and i in messes up the whole sentence?

what the Mierda!

[slsrox1298]

@chipmunklad7 lol well mierda is actually sh*t not f***... And English has an even MORE complicated conjugation system, we just know it by heart without having to learn anything, because we use it a lot.

[bballknight12]

9 minute video teaches me way more than a 48 minute spanish class..nice

[slsrox1298]

@bballknight12 ikr?!?

[DeformedCrayon]

dude i love you!

[zikaheart]

Thank you so much! 

[Foolinaround1]

is the formula towards the end of this video a formula used for all sentences like this or just for this one instance

[tontitofrito]

@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 ;-)

[baddawg987]

First one of your vids I've seen. As I'm a beginning level Spanish student, I find your lesson here to be very clear & concise. Good job! I look forward to exploring more of your lessons.

[EbonyDarknessWay]

¡Genial! (¿es correcto?) Quiero estar un au pair en España y me parece esto muy útil. :)

[tontitofrito]

@EbonyDarknessWay Está bien... pero yo diría: Quiero ser au-pair en España y esto me parece muy útil.

[Rocco111087]

Profesor Jordan le hablo en espanol porque necesito practicarlo :D : gracias por el video, usted habla solo espanol y inglès o otros idiomas tambien?

[aaweber]

he should have the mexican family crossing the road sign on his shirt

[NickSkate7]

Thanks for teaching me what my teacher can't!!!

[iheartcomputers1]

that sucked

[MarchingMac04]

I wake her up

Yo se lavanto?

[tontitofrito]

@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)

[akemikat]

@tontitofrito I don't understand la lo las and los. I know you're going to tell me to watch a video on it! I'm doing Spanish in the UK so you probably wouldn't know what I'm on about if I said AS level but I'm doing it home-study and even after getting an A in year one I still can't get my head around ser and estar let alone anything else. Grammar is so hard. But anyway your videos are awesome and I'm so grateful for them because I find the SpanishDict ones incredibly Grating.

[DnlClan]

@akemikat I was the same way too. You won't really understand ser vs. estar until year 2 really. In year 1, I just copied the shit out of people. But in year 2 I started understanding it and it's pretty easy now. In year 1, I didn't even understand the freaking conjugations.

[imsocool7222]

Thank you! Professor Dattolo will be so pleased!

[steevyboy601]

Great teacher. His T-Shirts are awesome!

[DutchKid121]

Thank you this is very helpful.

[crystalclear674]

OMG THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH THIS REALLY HELPED SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH I LOVE ALL UR VIDEOS UR THE BEST ...... UR BETTER THEN MY SPANISH TEACHER. HE DOESN'T NO HOW TO TEACH LIKE U.... AGAIN THX!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[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

[wywyman]

Knowledgeable, but painfully slow moving.

[AndyRiot]

So helpful. Thank you... you're cute.

[SuperRoss83]

smart man

[09108132819]

where is vosotros?

[idrinkwater2]

My Spanish uses this to teach us lol

[jesskenzibff4eva]

@idrinkwater2 me too!(: haha

[IdiosoAmericano]

Nice lesson, much better than my spanish teacher

[beatle608]

thanks man, before finals this really helps!

[jusstef1]

it's a shame how you go to college to try to learn this stuff and you get no where. Amazing how when you go onto YouTube... you find and learn what you are looking for and need, YouTube is a good way to figure out your learning style. Also, I'm finding out that the older teachers 50+ need to refresh their out of date. atiquated teaching styles...

[d0ntbeabitch2me]

@jusstef1 "atiquated" isn't a word... :S

[jusstef1]

@d0ntbeabitch2me ..... ANTIQUATED ... and while you were correcting me, it would have been nice for you to have finished the lesson! lol just sayin..... no worries Thank You

[d0ntbeabitch2me]

@jusstef1 oh okay haha I see. i was trying to learn what it meant but i couldn't find "atiquated" in the dictionary. Glad to learn a new word though :D always good to, and I hope I'll use it on an essay/test! W00t!

[cshett]

So is it incorrect to say:

Yo lavo mis manos. Instead of:

Yo me lavo las manos. ??

[tontitofrito]

@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. ;-)

[melissious]

Great little lesson! Helped me study for my final. :) Going to check out more of your stuff.

[pro4life1993]

a nine minute video just wasted nine minutes of my life

[pro4life1993]

I have a dream, that spanish will hopefully come to an end and i wont have to learn this crap anymore. Spanish class is so boring

[LostInMad]

Great lesson thanks a bunch

[sueali100]

Muchas gracias!  This lesson was explained in a really helpful way.

[cusinndzl]

Wow. This took my Spanish teacher a week to do. YouTube is a great way to review for a test since a lot of times videos do better than the teacher.

[mdr7sports26]

Thanks dude my teacher doesn't teach and when he does I don't understand him. God bless

[thomasdatrain123]

what is the video on seasons? I forgot them all.

[monkey123631]

thanks i wish you were my spanish teacher. if 2/3s of the class has an f then there is something wrong with the teacher. thank you.

[MBryantFFNY]

....a 9 minute video jus summed up everything my spanish teacher taught me about reflexive verbs... amazing how this is all it took for me to finally remember this stuff..

basically is 1)take off the "se" ....2) congegate the verb ....3) add reflexive pronoun

THANKS SO MUCH

[chipsalvin]

thank u it helps a lot.

[lordfumblesquid]

Cutie, you can whisper spanish into my ears all night.

[gwenroses]

pls. make more videos, very good

[abigmusicfan13]

¿Dónde está vosotros? :)

[jninlove]

Thanks for your vedio..super!

[600exact]

thank you. I like how its 9 minutes of compact straight forward teaching.

[TheCityoffontana]

good breakdown...helps alot.

[fearie]

where do i find the word bank please?

[tontitofrito]

read the info.

[azn921]

Would you check your inbox and reply to the message i sent you

[azn921]

is llamome not said because it has to be an infinitve+REF V., but VERB+llamarme would work..right?

[tontitofrito]

I think you have it... here's an example:

Correcto:

No me puedo bañar hasta las seis de la tarde.

No puedo bañarme hasta las seis de la tarde.

(this works because there are TWO count them... TWO verbs) ;-)

[misterhperezj]

Muy bien hecho!

Very well done!!!

You explain things quite good and easy! you deff know how to speak Spanish very well.

Gracias por todo amigo!

[azn921]

Senor Jordan, does me llamo john=llamome john, does there need to be an accent on anything?

[tontitofrito]

'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

[azn921]

@tontitofrito is lla/mome said? the a/=a with an accent

and why! does llamome not said

[tontitofrito]

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.

[azn921]

@tontitofrito COrrect me if i'm wrong, you don't have a reflexive pronoun onto the end of a conjugated verb..done right?

[tontitofrito]

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'

[jakebs99]

Im addicted!

[SammyIsRandom]

I wish you where my Spanish teacher!

Your amazing! I understand the way you teach things ten times better then my Spanish teach!

Keep up the amazing work! =D

[jesuslikesporn]

Gracias por tí. Tus lecciones están muy muy buenos e interesante.

Nos vemos.

[MichelleCundy]

thanks a LOT for your videos, i find they are really helpful and have learned more in a week from them than i have in a month using a book! :)

[bigthudd12]

yo whats on your shirt kid

[tontitofrito]

kid? Haha.  It's a lawn-gnome.

[OneShotSniper911]

Thank you so much... I missed this lecture from the school and now I can understand ~ thx!!!

[bornes1531]

no se pero primero hablaria solo en español para poder entender el idioma , lo dijo por que para poder hablar ingles solo oia el idioma y escribia mas no hablaba en español y escribia en ingles creo que asi no sirve

[gabo262]

Yo me llamo

Tú te llamas

Él/Ella/Usted se llama

Nosotros nos llamamos

Vosotros os llamáis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes se llaman

[tomati1971]

thx dude. you're a great teacher!

[Leetmodena]

good video, thanks.

[castillogriego92]

Hi, just want to say your lesson are awesome and easy to understand. I was also wondering if you are ever going to make a lesson on the "como" because I know it can have more than one meaning.

[lnk131]

hey, i can explain you that.

"como" means like or as

but cómo with an accent is always a cuestion and means how.. hope i could help you

[lnk131]

forgot to say it also means "i eat" (yo como)

[xjtluvrx]

thank you! you saved my life in spanish :)

[ringmaster54321]

Q: Is it "como te llama" or "como se llama" for asking name of other person?

[tontitofrito]

¿Cómo te llamas? (What is your name)

¿Cómo se llama él? (What is his name?)

¿Cómo se llama usted? (What is your name (formal)?)

[lnk131]

hi, that is correct, but we usually dont use the pronoun at the end, when you say como te llamas? (you use 'tu') but you could use just ¿como se llama? for 'el' & 'usted' or you could also invert it and say ¿El como se llama? ¿Usted como se llama?...

greetings

[gabo262]

@ringmaster54321 if it's the informal you (Tú) it would be ''¿Cómo te llamas?'' and if it's the formal you (Usted) it is ''¿Cómo se llama?''

[Beatasom]

Can't we say "Yo lavo mi cara" ?

[tontitofrito]

You will be understood, but that's more of a direct translation from English.

Mejor:

Me lavo la cara.

[kirstyisabaldman]

MUCHAS GRACIAS!!

[lucirz]

so what would mi vida se apaga mean?

also what country are you from? i know you live in the U.S but what from latin american country do you originate?

[salasrcp90]

mi vida se apaga my life is turning off, or extinguishing

[xx3LiiS3xx]

te amo. i love you

[iSPaLiTo]

@xx3LiiS3xx

it isn't reflexive. "Yo" is first person, "te" is second person

"Yo amo a ti" is incorrect by another chance

you can change "a ti" by "te" before the verb, "Yo te amo" where "yo" is not necesary because it is implicit on verb, "te amo"

more dificult: "Se lo regalaré yo mismo"

MUAHAHAHA. I'm a bad boy

[Meleemaker]

Okay, I am learning spanish in my class this year(spanish II and) this video showed me and learned me more than my stupid spanish teacher has in a week....i wonder why how he does it.....

( I know thats gramatically incorrect)

[J4archae]

@Meleemaker

this is because you are sleeping in your class. stop doing that you lazy

[Meleemaker]

You better not try to tell me what im doing wrong

[whattheheck204]

@J4archae troll

[TheWortman]

I like the video, I just don't understand why you never use vosotros...

[tontitofrito]

I mention that in the video on personal pronouns.

[yanfeb15]

vosotros is mostly used in Spain, not in the other Spanish speaking countries

[lnk131]

yes, and "vos" is used more in south america and it means "you"

[ksonk]

Very well done! Thanks!

[songczar]

Thanks twice!

[laurencrosbyy]

:) I took a little Spanish in HS and I'm taking it again in college and these videos are extremely helpful!! A lot of this is familiar so the rules are just being reinforced but I just wanted to comment and say I am so thankful I found these videos!! You are great! :)

[fayannes]

You are amazing, I learned in just a few minutes what I struggled to learn in class last week for 2 hours. I can't wait to watch all of your Spanish videos.

[remembermyname3]

when can u use the reflexive at the end part? like when u say

"Ayudame" that means help me

u dont say Me Ayuda ????

[MrAguafiesta]

u say me ayudes?

[tontitofrito]

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.

[NeonMite]

I gwet myself up.

Wouldn't that be "Yo me levantes" instead of levanto since you're doing it yourself?

[tontitofrito]

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

[negrita721m]

Gracias.Este me ayudó mucho.

[ventriss]

sir my spanish is becoming much better

[oliverescobar]

que buena pronuncacion (el no tiene un accento gringo) !! buen hecho ;D

[s0lrak007]

your videos just make everything clearer. gracias for being muy paciente!

[Anriapepe]

aah, eu tava procurando uns videos pra aprender espanhol também, ate que me ajudou :)

[ahli24]

which one is correct and why ??

1) quiero se encontrar

or 2) quiero lo encontrar

BTW im trying to say (I want to find him)

[tontitofrito]

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!

[ahli24]

oh that was a super-quick + helpful reply lol

your lessons help me a lot indeed !

thank you

[bzglass]

these videos are great . I especially like how you incorperate the pause, so I can practice along with he video. Thanks

[tubby1969]

He did this better than my highschool teacher.

[tubby1969]

Same here.lol. My highschool teacher didn't really teach it to me. He just yeld it at me.

[sithsmith]

I'll keep an eye out for it then

[sithsmith]

hmm, I think so. Practice makes perfect!!

You don't happen to have a lesson on when to use que/quien/el que and el cual etc do you?

;-)

[tontitofrito]

¡Lo lamento, pero todavía no! I'll put it on my list of 'videos to do when I finish all the others'! ;-)

[sithsmith]

ok thanks. Will that be the same basic idea with any verb where the action is performed on part of one's own body?

[tontitofrito]

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! :-)

[sithsmith]

This was great. Made a lot of sense.

1 question. When saying for example 'I wash my face' do you have to use the verb reflexively, could you not say 'Levo mi cara'?

[tontitofrito]

Thanks for your comment and question.

Although a Native Speaker will understand you saying:

'lavo mi cara'... the reflexive construction (me lavo la cara) sounds better in Spanish (than English).

It's like in English if someone says:

'I like eat chicken'

Sure, you understand what they are saying, but it's not grammatically correct.

[honeybucket93]

will help me on my finals. thanks!

[mikec64]

Extremely helpful. Production values were great. After the first example conjugating, you could have skipped the subsequent examples to make the video zip along a little more. I really liked the written examples and questions. Thanks!

[tontitofrito]

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.

[eyezblack]

Hola me gustas tus vídeos mucho.

But I have another suggestion for your list of reflexive verbs: quedarse(to remain oneself) i.e. to stay

[tejje051583]

you are a great teacher i wish you were mine. i am a college student and your videos helped extremely

[tontitofrito]

¡Gracias!

[hannahCM7]

ehmegawsh, i have an exam on this stuff tomorrow, you're my official lifesaver!

[HIMkidHIM]

What would you use for the vosotros form of reflexive verbs?

[tontitofrito]

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

[HIMkidHIM]

Thank you, I know the use of vosotros is very limited, especially in the US, but my teacher makes us know it, thank you for the example!

[TheBossAdvanced]

Sir, you are getting me through college right now haha! Big thanks on your vids! Keep em' coming!

[tontitofrito]

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

[TheBossAdvanced]

Ahh, you're too kind! You'll definitely be my go to guy should anything arise haha! Mucho gracias!

[tontitofrito]

glad you like them! thanks for the encouragement!

[cinosages]

Just seen your vid on relexive verbs part 1. Great stuff. Things are really 'hotting up'. Keep em coming. What I like about your vids is - no jangly music, to the point, clear & concise.