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¿Siempre te lavas el pelo aquí?

¿Siempre te lavas el pelo aquí?
Do you always wash your hair here?
From Lesson 35:Reflexive verbs (me, te, se)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of ¿Siempre te lavas el pelo aquí?

siempre
always
aquí
here
lavarse
to wash oneself
el pelo
the hair

Questions & Answers about ¿Siempre te lavas el pelo aquí?

Why is there a te before lavas?
Lavas is the informal "you" form of the verb lavar (to wash). When washing a part of your own body, Spanish uses the reflexive verb lavarse (to wash oneself). The te is the reflexive pronoun for "you", so te lavas essentially means "you wash yourself".
Why does it say el pelo (the hair) instead of tu pelo (your hair)?
In Spanish, when you use a reflexive verb for an action involving your own body parts or clothing, you use the definite article (el, la, los, las) instead of a possessive word like tu. The pronoun te already shows whose hair it is!
Could I put siempre somewhere else in the sentence?
Yes, Spanish word order is quite flexible. You could say ¿Te lavas el pelo aquí siempre? or ¿Te lavas siempre el pelo aquí? However, you must keep the reflexive pronoun (te) and the verb (lavas) together. You can never put a word between them.
Where is the word for "Do" in this question?
Spanish does not use helper verbs like "do" or "does" to ask questions. You simply take the statement te lavas (you wash) and add upside-down and regular question marks, along with a rising tone of voice, to ask "Do you wash?".

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