Ch 2 · Lesson 12Spanish · Chapter 2 · Lesson 12 · Grammar primer
Reciprocal verbs
Grammar for AP Spanish.
The short version
There is no Spanish word for each other
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The reciprocal meaning lives in the plural reflexive pronoun plus a plural subject, not in an extra phrase: , , . When 'themselves' and 'each other' would genuinely mean different things, pin it down with or mutuamente, and use a to force the reflexive reading instead.
agrees with the people
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When each other and themselves could both fit, add . It agrees with the people: a for two women, a for a group. A forces themselves instead: a .
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