In today’s video we make Spanish reflexive verbs easy to learn and relaxing at last! Filmed at the beautiful Boca de Asno, in the province of Segovia, we teach you how to relax about learning Spanish reflexives, and share some of our favourites that we hope you’ll enjoy using too.
Vocab and Spanish reflexive verbs from the video:
Una revuelta – A hairpin bend
Morir – To die
Morirse – Also means to die (se muere – he’s dying), but commonly used in expressions like ‘morirse de risa’ (see below)
Desayunar – To have breakfast
Desayunarse – To find out
El vecino ha muerto por la noche – The neighbour died last night
El vecino murió ayer – The neighbour died yesterday
Morirse de risa – Dying of laughter
Morirse de calor – Dying of heat
Me muero de hambre – I’m dying of hunger
Me muero de miedo – I’m scared to death
Me muero de risa – I’m laughing my head off
He desayunado un aguacate – I had an avocado for breakfast
Un huevo pasado por agua – A boiled egg
Desayunarse – To find out about something
¿Tu te has desayunado de que el vecino ha muerto? – Did you know that the neighbour has died?
Me relajo – I’m going to relax, I’m relaxing
Aquí me relajo mucho – I relax a lot here
Me relajo con los reflexivos – I’m going to relax about reflexive verbs
Me fastidia que no puedo aprender los reflexivos – It annoys me that I can’t learn the reflexives
Me agobio – I get stressed
Me agobio con la gramática – I get stressed about grammar
Me atrevo – I dare
Me atrevo a usarlos – I dare to use them
Me atrevo a aprender así, de forma natural – I dare to learn in this natural way
No me cuesta – It’s no effort
No me cuesta nada – It’s no effort at all
Me pregunto – I wonder
Me pregunto si eso es posible – I wonder if it’s possible
¿Te has fijado en esto? – Have you noticed that?
¿Te has fijado en que nuestro método sí que funciona? – Have you noticed that our method works?
¿Os habéis fijado? – Have you noticed (plural)
Me apetece – I feel like
A mí me apetece hoy tomarme un menú del día, como siempre – I feel like having a set-menu lunch, as always
A mí me apetece quedarme un ratito más en el fresquito – I feel like staying here in the cool weather/forest a bit longer
A mí me apetece meter los pies en el agua – I feel like putting my feet in the water
Me encanta ver que han vuelto los helechos – I love seeing that the ferns have come back
Helechos – Ferns
Funciona de maravilla – It works a treat
