Routine events: reflexive pronouns 'me' and 'te'
I can use reflexive pronouns 'me' and 'te' to describe my daily routine and ask you questions about yours.
- Year 9
Routine events: reflexive pronouns 'me' and 'te'
I can use reflexive pronouns 'me' and 'te' to describe my daily routine and ask you questions about yours.
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Key learning points
- The 1st person singular (I) of regular -ar verbs like 'lavar' ends in -o, the 2nd person singular (you) ends in -as.
- Some Spanish verbs like 'despertar' have a stem change -e to -ie in some forms. For example: 'despierto' (I wake up).
- To say that I do something to myself in Spanish we use the reflexive pronoun 'me': 'me presento' (I introduce myself).
- To say that you do something to yourself, use reflexive pronoun 'te' before the verb: 'te llamas' ('you call yourself').
- The reflexive pronouns 'me' and 'te' look similar to the possessive pronouns 'mi' and 'tu' but they are different.
Keywords
Reflexive pronoun - used to indicate doing something to yourself, words like 'myself' and yourself'
Me - reflexive pronoun 'myself'
Te - reflexive pronoun 'yourself'
Common misconception
'Me' is a reflexive pronoun (myself) and a possessive adjective (my).
'Me' is a reflexive pronoun used to say that I do something to myself e.g. me despierto (I wake 'myself' up). 'Mi' is the possessive adjective 'my' used for masculine or feminine singular nouns e.g. 'mi madre', 'mi amigo'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'now'?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
Q4.Order the words to say: 'a clean dress and a new key'.
Q5.Write in English: 'mis libros son interesantes'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'Where is your game?'. You are talking to a friend.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.'__________ levanto a las siete y juego con __________ perro'. Choose the correct missing words.
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
