My Day: Reflexive Verbs for Daily Routines
Practice describing your daily routine in Spanish with reflexive verbs like despertarse, levantarse, ducharse, vestirse and acostarse. You'll match pronouns to people, use stem-changing forms and read and hear short routine sentences.
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1. காலியிடத்தை நிரப்பவும்.
Say that you wake up at seven in the morning.
Yo ___ a las siete de la mañana.
- me despierto
- se despierto
- me despierta
- despierto
With yo, the reflexive pronoun is me, and the verb ends in -o.
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Yo me despierto a las siete de la mañana.
Despertarse changes e → ie in the present: me despierto. Without me, the verb would need an object (despierto a mi hermano = I wake my brother up).
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2. காலியிடத்தை நிரப்பவும்.
Your sister gets dressed very quickly in the morning.
Mi hermana ___ muy rápido por la mañana.
- se viste
- se veste
- te vistes
- se vista
Vestirse has a stem change: e → i.
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Mi hermana se viste muy rápido por la mañana.
For ella (mi hermana) the pronoun is se, and vestirse changes e → i: se viste. Se vista is a different form (subjunctive) that doesn't fit here.
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3. சரியான பதிலைத் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கவும்.
Which sentence says that you go to bed at eleven?
- Me acuesto a las once.
- Me levanto a las once.
- Me despierto a las once.
- Me ducho a las once.
Acostarse is the last thing you do at night.
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- Me acuesto a las once.
Acostarse means 'to go to bed', and it changes o → ue: me acuesto. Levantarse is 'to get up', despertarse 'to wake up' and ducharse 'to take a shower'.
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4. சொற்களை சரியான வரிசையில் அமைக்கவும்.
Ask a friend: 'What time do you get up?'
- te
- levantas?
- hora
- qué
- ¿A
The pronoun te goes right before the verb.
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¿A qué hora te levantas?
¿A qué hora...? means 'At what time...?'. With tú, the reflexive pronoun is te: te levantas.
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5. பதிலைத் தட்டச்சு செய்யவும்.
Complete with levantarse in the nosotros form.
Nosotros ___ temprano para ir a la escuela.
For nosotros, use the pronoun nos and the -amos ending.
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- nos levantamos
Nosotros nos levantamos: the pronoun nos matches nosotros, and levantar takes -amos. Levantarse has no stem change.
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6. கேட்டு பதிலைத் தட்டச்சு செய்யவும்.
Afeitarse means 'to shave'.
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- Mi papá se afeita todas las mañanas.
Mi papá se afeita todas las mañanas = My dad shaves every morning. For él, the pronoun is se.
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7. சரியான பதிலைத் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கவும்.
Which is the natural way to say 'I brush my teeth'?
- Me cepillo los dientes.
- Cepillo me los dientes.
- Me cepilla los dientes.
- Se cepillo los dientes.
The pronoun goes before a conjugated verb, and Spanish uses los, not 'my', for body parts here.
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- Me cepillo los dientes.
Me cepillo los dientes. With reflexive verbs, the pronoun already shows whose teeth they are, so Spanish uses the article los instead of mis. Me cepilla would mean someone else brushes your teeth.
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8. காலியிடத்தை நிரப்பவும்.
Tomorrow you're going to get up at six.
Mañana voy a ___ a las seis.
- levantarme
- levantarse
- me levantar
- levantarte
After voy a, the infinitive can carry the pronoun at its end.
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Mañana voy a levantarme a las seis.
With an infinitive, the pronoun can attach to the end: voy a levantarme. The pronoun still matches the person: yo → me. You can also say Me voy a levantar, with the pronoun before voy.
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9. பதிலைத் தட்டச்சு செய்யவும்.
Complete with acostarse in the ellos form.
Los niños ___ a las nueve de la noche.
Acostarse changes o → ue, and ellos uses the pronoun se.
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- se acuestan
Los niños se acuestan: se for ellos, and the stem changes acost- → acuest- in the present.
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10. காலியிடத்தை நிரப்பவும்.
Talk about yesterday: Ana woke up at eight.
Ayer Ana ___ a las ocho.
- se despertó
- se desperté
- se despertaron
- se despiertó
Ayer calls for the past tense, where despertarse has no stem change.
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Ayer Ana se despertó a las ocho.
Se despertó is the past form for ella. Despertarse has no stem change in the past tense, so se despiertó is wrong. Se desperté mixes se with the yo ending (-é instead of me desperté), and se despertaron goes with ellos.
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11. சொற்களை சரியான வரிசையில் அமைக்கவும்.
Make the sentence: 'My brothers go to bed at ten.'
- se
- acuestan
- Mis hermanos
- a las diez.
Subject, then pronoun, then verb, then the time.
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Mis hermanos se acuestan a las diez.
Mis hermanos se acuestan a las diez. The pronoun se comes right before the conjugated verb.
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12. சரியான பதிலைத் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கவும்.
Read the sentence. Who takes a bath afterward?
Primero baño a mi perro y después me baño.
- La persona que habla
- El perro
- Los dos juntos
- Nadie
Compare baño a mi perro with me baño.
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- La persona que habla
Baño a mi perro means 'I bathe my dog' (the action goes to someone else). Me baño is reflexive: 'I take a bath' (the action comes back to me).
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13. பதிலைத் தட்டச்சு செய்யவும்.
Complete with ducharse in the tú form.
¿A qué hora ___ normalmente?
For tú, the pronoun is te and the verb ends in -as.
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- te duchas
¿A qué hora te duchas normalmente? = What time do you usually take a shower? Ducharse is regular: te duchas.
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14. காலியிடங்களை நிரப்பவும்.
You get up early, but your brother gets up late.
Yo ___ temprano, pero mi hermano ___ tarde.
- me levanto
- se levanta
- te levantas
- se levanto
- nos levantamos
Each gap needs the pronoun and the ending that match its subject.
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Yo me levanto temprano, pero mi hermano se levanta tarde.
Yo me levanto (me + -o) and mi hermano se levanta (se + -a). The pronoun and the verb ending always point to the same person.
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15. கேட்டு பதிலைத் தட்டச்சு செய்யவும்.
Los domingos means 'on Sundays'.
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- Los domingos nos levantamos tarde.
Los domingos nos levantamos tarde = On Sundays we get up late.
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16. சரியான பதிலைத் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கவும்.
Read about Lucía's day. What does she do at half past six?
Lucía se despierta a las seis, pero no se levanta hasta las seis y media. Se ducha, se viste y desayuna. Por la noche se acuesta a las diez.
- Se levanta.
- Se despierta.
- Se acuesta.
- Se va a dormir.
Look for las seis y media in the text.
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- Se levanta.
Lucía wakes up (se despierta) at six but doesn't get up (no se levanta) until 6:30. No... hasta means 'not until'.