When to use Reflexive
Trying to decide whether or not the reflexive should be used in these 5 sentences. Let me know what you think. Thanks. I have bolded what I think is the correct answer.
Marta y su madre ___ mucho. ¡Son casi idénticas! parecen se parecen
Ana ___ insoportable cuando no toma café por la mañana. pone se pone
Camila ___ mucho en clase de química; no le gustan nada las ciencias. aburre se aburre
Laura y yo ___ a Pedro en la calle. saludamos nos saludamos
No ___ de que tenía un examen de español. me acordé acordé
3 Answers
Marta y su madre se parecen mucho. Parecerse > to look alike.
No me acordé de que tenía .....acordarse > to remember
Welcome to the forum. You are lucky that Daniela who is a skilled Spanish teacher has answered your earlier questions.
As she said, it is very helpful if you add your language level in English and Spanish to your profile. Gender and the country where you are based is also helpful. Some people here are learning Spanish and English (and doing it very well)
Do you go to lessons?
Se pone is correct - if you have not studied them yet, you will learn verbs of change like llegar a ser, volverse, quedarse and ponerse ( there are others) which mean become.
There are other mistakes, but before I correct them, look up the verbs in a dictionary - I use Word reference and you will soon see, that the reflexive and non reflexive have different meanings.
Then correct your entries with your new knowledge and we will say if you are right.
Yes it takes more effort, but then when you need to say to someone ' I don't remember'. You won't say ' I don't agree'
Buena suerte
Camila se aburre. That's how you say that Camila gets bored. A lot of English "get" verbs are reflexive in Spanish.
All the rest are correct except for the one that Gringojrf corrected for you.
