Relationships and routines: reflexive 'me'

Spanish verbs like ‘despertar’ have a stem change in some of their forms, e.g. ‘despierto’ is the 1st person singular. The word ‘demasiado’ can be both adjective and adverb. As an adverb it needs no agreement but as an adjective it does. When a direct object is a specific person or pet, in Spanish the personal ‘a’ goes after the verb, e.g. ‘veo a la niña'. Sometimes the subject and object of a verb are the same. Use a reflexive pronoun before the verb, e.g. 'me lavo'. When subject and object of verbs are the same, Spanish always uses a reflexive pronoun. English does not always do this.