Hoy quiero hacerme una trenza sencilla y ponerme la diadema azul.

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Breakdown of Hoy quiero hacerme una trenza sencilla y ponerme la diadema azul.

• querer: to want
• una: a
• hoy: today

Questions & Answers about Hoy quiero hacerme una trenza sencilla y ponerme la diadema azul.

Why are hacerme and ponerme written as one word?

Because me is attached to an infinitive.

• hacerme = hacer + me
• ponerme = poner + me

In Spanish, when you have an infinitive like hacer or poner, a pronoun can be attached to the end:

• hacerme = to do/make myself
• ponerme = to put on myself

This is very common after verbs like querer, ir a, poder, etc.

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What does me mean in this sentence?

Here me means to myself / on myself.

So:

• hacerme una trenza = to do myself a braid
• ponerme la diadema = to put the headband on myself

In natural English, you usually would not say myself, but Spanish often uses this pronoun where English does not.

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Why is there a me with both hacer and poner?