let's try one of the easy ones like levantarse this means to get up or lift ones self the formula is first ignore the se so we have levantarse so ignore the se just take it off to levantar now let's change the verb levantar into the various forms so its yo levanto, tu levantas, el levana, ella levanta, usted levanta, nosotros levantamos, nosotras levantamos ellos levantan, ellas levantan, and ustedes levantan now I will worry about the se so when I change the verb, then the se has to stay in the same format so in the yo form like you levanto, when it's reflexive, I will always have a me in the tu, levantas for the verb, in the tu form, I will always have a te te levantas you lift up yourself or you get yourself up el se levanta, ella se levanta, usted se levanta nosotros nos levantamos, nosotras nos levantamos ellos se levantan, ellas se levantan, ustedes se levantan 