me acuesto vs acostarme

Question

If I asked

Yo prefiero _______ a las seis de la noche

would it be acostarme or me acuesto or just acostarse? I mean prefiero is conjugated so maybe its acostarse but I think my teacher said something about it being different for the words that end with se???

Welcome to the forum.:) - bosquederoble, Jan 28, 2017

Answer 1

Yo prefiero _______ a las seis de la noche

would it be acostarme or me acuesto or just acostarse? I mean prefiero is conjugated so maybe its acostarse but I think my teacher said something about it being different for the words that end with se???

You are right, in that it needs to be me (as you are referring to yourself) and acostar needs to be unconjugated, as you already have a conjugated verb for the clause. You would only use acostarse for singular or plural third person, or formal second person (usted, ustedes). If it were tú, you would use acostarte, and nosotros, acostarnos.

Yo prefiero acostarme a las seis de la noche.

You can put the me in front like:

Yo me prefiero acostar a las seis de la noche

But in that case you are putting something outside the blank given, instead of inside it.

In real Spanish, the yo is generally not necessary and generally would not be included except for emphasis or contrast.

It seems someone likes to go to bed even earlier than I do.