right or wrong?

Question

Is this right? I was kind of confused with my conjugation

Before I dress up I comb my hair Antes de vestirse yo peino mi pelo

Answer 1

The reflexive pronoun attached to the verb infinitive must match the subject.

Antes de vestirme....

Also Spanish does not usually use the possessive adjective with body parts, personal clothing or other personal objects. (unless possession is ambiguous).

Antes de vestirme, yo me peino el pelo. (but it still translates as my hair).

:) - FELIZ77, Nov 17, 2011

Answer 2

Before I dress up I comb my hair

Antes de vestirme, (yo) peino mi pelo. ((sometimes you don't need the pronoun))

Another example:

Antes de vestirme, me peino (el pelo)

peino mi pelo....is that still considered reflexive? - 0074b507, Nov 17, 2011

Answer 3

Antes de vestirme, me peino.

peinarse means "to comb one's hair" and el pelo is not needed. - jeezzle, Nov 17, 2011

Except that it lets us discuss the possessive adj./definite article - 0074b507, Nov 17, 2011

And what if I wanted to comb my moustache or beard, but not my hair? - 0074b507, Nov 17, 2011

Then you would use acicalar. And you would never say "yo peino el pelo" but rather, me peino (el pelo) or yo peino MI pelo, never as you have it written. - jeezzle, Nov 17, 2011

At least according to Lazarus. http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/171715/which-one-yo-me-peino-yo-me-peino-el-pelo- - jeezzle, Nov 17, 2011

Thanks. I didn't notice the missing me and I didn't know that yo peino mi pelo was ever used. Mentioning that the subject pronoun is not used isn't somethng I tell beginners. They need to use it to keep straight conjugations, pronouns, etc. They can - 0074b507, Nov 17, 2011

do that when they become more skilled. - 0074b507, Nov 17, 2011

Answer 4

What you have written is

Before getting dressed I comb my hair

It would be better to write

Antes de vestirme me peino el cabello ( o pelo)

= Before I get dressed I comb my hair

A few pointers to help you:

1 I think you need to conjugate vestirse if you want to say I get dressed and the article for hair is not personal 2 You never use personal pronouns for parts of the body! You say: el cabello o el pelo 3 Finally, the personal pronoun yo is not necessary here as peino is already conjugated to mean

In most cases natives rarely use personal pronouns as verbs are already conjugated to indicate to whom the action refers and also the context usually makes that clear.

I hope this helps

You must have over-looked Jeezle's comment. Truncate the cabello/pelo. :-) - 0074b507, Nov 17, 2011

And mi is not a pronoun, it is a possessive adjective. el mío is the pronoun - 0074b507, Nov 17, 2011