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Feb 20, 2016 - 01:41 PM
El me levantó means "he woke me up". To say "I woke up" you say "Yo me levanté".
It follows the same rules as acostarse:
Yo me acosto - I go to bed
Yo me levanto - I get up
Yo me acosté - I went to bed
Yo me levanté - I woke up
It follows the same rules as acostarse:
Yo me acosto - I go to bed
Yo me levanto - I get up
Yo me acosté - I went to bed
Yo me levanté - I woke up
Feb 21, 2016 - 09:55 AM
I appreciate your response to my question Fabrice, however, I'm still confused, as it doesn't explain what I'm actually asking. Sonia actually translates "Yo me levanto" as "I get up", not "he woke me up" (I'm taking this directly from the tutorial lesson as I write this (4:12 into the tutorial, Spanish 4, lesson 2)). This also doesn't explain my question about why you wouldn't use the words, "levantarse (for he/she/you gets up), levantarme (for I get up), levantarte (for you(i) get up). And why you wouldn't use "levanto" (for I got up), "levante" (for he/she/you got up), "levantaste" (for you(i) got up) (And she doesn't even go on to explain what the word is for "They got up.". Since "got" is the past tense of "get". This doesn't seem to mimic the same concept as "acostarse". She goes right into saying "levanto" means "I get up" and to me, "I get up" is present tense, not past tense. If I were to use "get" in past tense, I would say "I got up." Do you understand where I'm coming from with this? Again, I appreciate your help in trying to explain, however, I'm still lost.
Feb 21, 2016 - 12:17 PM
Hi, sorry I had a typo, i meant to write El me levantó to mean he woke me up. Anyway I think i confused you even more..
A pronominal verb (one that ends with "se" in the infinitive) is conjugated like this:
Yo me levanto
Tu te levantas
Ella/El se levanta
Nosotros nos levantamos
Ustedes se levantan
Ellas/Ellos se levantan
You may use is in the infinitive also. A good example is "Tener que" + verb (To have to + verb). In this case it looks like this:
(yo) tengo que levantarme
(tu) tengas que levantarte
(el/ella) tenga que levantarse
(nosotros) tengamos que levantarnos
(ustedes) tengan que levantarse
(ellas/ellos) tengan que levantarse
Now let's look at the past tense. It looks like this:
Yo me levanté (I got up)
Tu te levantaste (You woke up)
El/Ella se levantó (He/she woke up)
Nosotros nos levantamos (We woke up)
Ustedes se levantaron (You(p) woke up)
Ellos/Ellas se levantaron (They woke up)
And now with the Tener que:
yo tuve que levantarme (I had to wake up)
tu tuviste que levantarte (You had to wake up)
el/ella tuvo que levantarse (He/she had to wake up)
nosotros tuvimos que levantarnos (We had to wake up)
ustedes tuvieron que levantarse (You(p) had to wake up)
ellos/ellas tuvieron que levantarse (They had to wake up)
I hope this helps :)
A pronominal verb (one that ends with "se" in the infinitive) is conjugated like this:
Yo me levanto
Tu te levantas
Ella/El se levanta
Nosotros nos levantamos
Ustedes se levantan
Ellas/Ellos se levantan
You may use is in the infinitive also. A good example is "Tener que" + verb (To have to + verb). In this case it looks like this:
(yo) tengo que levantarme
(tu) tengas que levantarte
(el/ella) tenga que levantarse
(nosotros) tengamos que levantarnos
(ustedes) tengan que levantarse
(ellas/ellos) tengan que levantarse
Now let's look at the past tense. It looks like this:
Yo me levanté (I got up)
Tu te levantaste (You woke up)
El/Ella se levantó (He/she woke up)
Nosotros nos levantamos (We woke up)
Ustedes se levantaron (You(p) woke up)
Ellos/Ellas se levantaron (They woke up)
And now with the Tener que:
yo tuve que levantarme (I had to wake up)
tu tuviste que levantarte (You had to wake up)
el/ella tuvo que levantarse (He/she had to wake up)
nosotros tuvimos que levantarnos (We had to wake up)
ustedes tuvieron que levantarse (You(p) had to wake up)
ellos/ellas tuvieron que levantarse (They had to wake up)
I hope this helps :)
Feb 23, 2016 - 10:22 AM
Thank you Fabrice. This makes it so much clearer. I truly appreciate the time you took to explain this fully. :)