Do you have to conjugate a reflexive verb?

Question

when you have a relfexive verb and need to use a reflexive pronoun, do you have to conjugate the verb?

Answer 1

Heidita is absolutely right, of course, but I wonder what prompted your question?

Some verbs, like gustar, take an indirect object which makes them look reflexive. Because the verb is conjugated to the subject it can look as if it is invariant.

Me gusta este libro. "I like this book" - literally "this book is pleasing to me"

Le gusta este libro. "You like this book" - literally this book is pleasing to you"

Because the subject is 'this book', the verb does not change.

But if the subject is plural -

Me gustan estos libros - the verb is conjugated to the plural subject and an 'n' is added.

Ok!! Thanks!! I have to teach my spanish class about reflexive verbs but my book wasn't clear about that so I wasn't sure! haha thank you very much!! - mashuguna, Jan 13, 2010

Answer 2

HI mash, welcome to the forum

yes, of course, a reflexive verb is a verb after all, so you conjugate it