Reflexives with Julieta

despedirse
levantarse
acostarse
irse
casarse con
morirse

The verbs above are what we refer to as reflexive. They MUST carry a pronoun in either form, infinitive or conjugated.

There are two reasons a verb might be reflexive.

The first reason is that the "action falls back upon the subject." In other words, a person is doing something on his own, such as brushing his own hair, getting up, going to bed, brushing his teeth, etc. In an "opposite" scenario, a nurse might help this same someone retire, help someone brush his hair, etc.

Many of the verbs that have to do with morning and night routines are reflexive.

The second reason a verb may be reflexive is to differentiate it from its "non-reflexive" counterpart: two verbs that have slightly different meanings.

Take dormir and dormirse. Dormir means to sleep. Dormirse means to fall asleep.

In the the song "Me Voy" , Julieta Venegas uses one of each type of reflexive verb.

Irse means "to leave," as in "I'm gone, outa here, see ya later."
Depedirse de is a concept that has to do Spanish culture. It means "to say good-bye" in the sense of "releasing yourself from another person." It's a polite thing to do when leaving for a long period of time, beyond just saying the words "Adiós."

Meanwhile, enjoy this classic song from "Los Hombres G" - who are getting themselves ready (a reflexive situation) to go out for a run time (pasarselo bien).