ENLACES - PROGRAM SAMPLER

• Many verbs change meaning when they are used reflexively. aburrir to bore acordar to agree casar to marry comer to eat dormir to sleep ir to go llevar to carry parecer to seem poner to put probar to try quitar to take away aburrirse to become bored acordarse (de) to remember casarse to get married comerse to eat up dormirse to fall asleep irse (de) to leave llevarse to carry away parecerse (a) to resemble, to look like ponerse to put on (clothing) probarse to try on quitarse to take off (clothing) • Some Spanish verbs and expressions are reflexive even though their English equivalents may not be. Many of these are followed by the prepositions a, de, en and por . acercarse (a) to approach, to get close arrepentirse (de) to regret atreverse (a) to dare (to) convertirse (en) to become darse cuenta (de) to realize enamorarse (de) to fall in love (with) enterarse (de) to find out (about) fijarse (en) to take notice (of) olvidarse (de) to forget (about) preocuparse (por) to worry (about) quejarse (de) to complain (about) sorprenderse (de) to be surprised (about) • To get or to become is frequently expressed in Spanish by the reflexive verb ponerse + [ adjective ]. Andrea se pone feliz cuando la llama su novio. Andrea gets happy when her boyfriend calls. Cuando Isabel habla demasiado, se pone pesada . When Isabel talks too much, she gets annoying . • In the plural, reflexive verbs can express reciprocal actions done to one another . Mi esposa y yo nos queremos mucho. My wife and I love each other very much. Se nota que ustedes se respetan . One can tell that you respect each other . • The reflexive pronoun precedes the direct object pronoun when they are used together in a sentence. ¿Te comiste el pastel? Did you eat the whole cake? Sí, me lo comí todo. Yes, I ate it all up. TALLER DE CONSULTA When used with infinitives and present participles, reflexive pronouns follow the same rules of placement as object pronouns. See 2.2, pp. 62–63 . ESTRUCTURAS Sentir y vivir 23