Question

Fill in the blanks with the reciprocal reflexives of the verbs, using the present tense.
1. Cuando los estudiantes llegan a clase, todos ______________.
2. Hace seis meses que Ricardo no ve a su padre. Cuando se ven, _____________.

Answer 1

Answer:

1) Se sientan.

2) se abrazan.

Explanation:

1) Cuando los estudiantes llegan a clase, todos se sientan.

2) Hace seis meses que Ricardo no ve a su padre. Cuando se ven, se abrazan.

1) When students arrive in class, everyone sits down.

2) Ricardo has not seen his father for six months. When they see each other, they hug.

Reflexive verbs indicate that the subject performs an action that falls on itself. For this reason, the reflexive pronoun must always agree with the subject in person and number.

Answer 2

Answer:

The options that could fill the blanks are:

1. Cuando los estudiantes llegan a clase, todos se sientan.
2. Hace seis meses que Ricardo no ve a su padre. Cuando se ven, se abrazan.

Explanation:

The translation of the sentences is:

1. When students arrive in class, everyone sits down.
2. Ricardo has not seen his father for six months. When they see each other, they hug.

The reciprocal reflexives or object pronouns are used when the person or persons who perform the action are the same as those who are benefited or affected by it, therefore, in the case of the verbs "sentar" and "abrazar," since they affect the same people who execute them, the object pronouns are used, depending on the personal pronoun used they can be:

• Yo: me.
• Tú: te.
• Usted/Él/Ella/Ello/Ustedes/Ellos/Ellas: se.
• Nosotros/Nosotras: nos.
• Vosotros/Vosotras: os.

As in the first and the second sentence, the nouns could be replaced by the personal pronoun "Ellos," the object pronoun that must be used is "se."