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Direct, indirect object pronounce and reflexive

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Sang
September 23, 2021, 11:26 AM
"Te ves muy bien"
How can I tell if sentence structure such as this is using direct or indirect object pronounce or it's reflexive?

Rusty
September 23, 2021, 01:00 PM
Both the verb ending and the object pronoun are second person singular in form. Therefore, you have a reflexive pronoun up front. (And you have a pronominal verb.)

The infinitive is verse. The English meaning is 'you look great'. Here you're dealing with an expression that happens to use a pronominal verb, with no other complements.

Learn the expression as 'verse bien', which can then be conjugated as needed.


Present Tense

{||}First Person | Second Person | Third Person
{|}(yo) me veo | (tú) te ves | (usted, él, ella) se ve
{|}(nosotros) nos vemos | (vosotros) os veis | (ustedes, ellos, ellas) se ven


Preterit Tense

{||}First Person | Second Person | Third Person
{|}(yo) me vi | (tú) te viste | (usted, él, ella) se vio
{|}(nosotros) nos vimos | (vosotros) os visteis | (ustedes, ellos, ellas) se vieron


etc.