Completa las oraciones con un parte del cuerpo lógico.
1. Me lastimé __. Ahora me duele todo el brazo. 2. Como me rompí __, no puedo escribir. 3. Tina se lastimó __ tanto que le duele mucho caminar. 4. Aunque se cortó __, puede ponerse los zapatos sin dificultad. 5. A Georgina se le quemó __ en la estufa.
1. You know that reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject. You can use a reflexive pronoun with a verb to talk about someone doing something to himself or herself.
1. Verbs have a form called the past participle, which can be used as an adjective. You can use it to describe a condition or an injury to a part of the body.
torcer as a verb past participle of torcer as an adjective
Me torcí el tobillo. Tengo el tobillo torcido. I sprained my ankle. My ankle is sprained.
1. When -er or -ir verbs like caerse have a stem that ends in a vowel, the i of third-person preterite endings changes to y: -ió → -yó and -ieron → -yeron. In all other forms the i has a written accent mark (í) to show that the í is pronounced as a separate syllable.
2. The verb leer also has a stem that ends in a vowel and follows the same pattern as caerse. Construir (to build) has the same third-person endings, but has no accent marks in the tú, nosotros, and vosotros forms.
calentarse - to warm up tener cuidado - to be careful ponerse... - to put on... una curita - a bandaid hielo (m.) - ice ungüento (m.) - ointment tomarse unas pastillas - to take some pills vendarse - to bandage, to wrap