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So the distinction between relexive and pronomial verbs is valid. That being said, there is a second definition of "reflexive verbs" (at least in English). In this definition, any verb whose grammatical object is a reflexive pronoun can be considered a reflexive verb. This is a looser definition than above, and encompasses both reflexive and pronomial verbs and puts them into one group called reflexive verbs. With "me lavo" you can see that "me" is a reflexive pronoun and is the grammatical object (but not the direct object) of the verb form. Thus under this second definition, it is also a reflexive verb. In any case, for English-speaking people learning Spanish, there isn't much need to keep these two classes of verbs separate since they work the same way. So even if you want to keep the distinction between pronomial and reflexive verbs, it is useful for simplicity's sake to lump them together for the purposes of learning how to conjugate and use them.
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Isn't 'Me llamo Whatever' directly translated as "I call myself Whatever" ?
And isn't it reflexive whenever a verb acts upon the same object that is doing said verb? EDIT: Ooops. Tomisimo and Angelica's posts were hiding on a second page, and I did not see them before posting this. Disregard, as the question's been answered already. Gracias. ![]() Last edited by Fazor; May 15, 2009 at 09:10 AM. |
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You can't translate "me llamo" into "I call myself", because I never call myself. That's the difference between reflexive and pronominal verbs. It's more logical in English: "my name is...". I can say "mi nombre es..." in Spanish, but we use "me llamo..." instead of the other option.
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