Present tense spanish question

Question

What present tense goes here?!?

Mi hermana y yo ___________ (COMUNICARSE) por Instagram

Dos amigas ____________ (BESARSE) cuando se ven en muchas partes de Latinoamérica.

Answer 1

¡Hola, Ash!

As Miguel and Hortensia said, these are the answers to your questions:

Mi hermana y yo NOS COMUNICAMOS por Instagram

Dos amigas SE BESAN cuando se ven en muchas partes de Latinoamérica.

However, just knowing the answers is not the most important part. Understanding why is what you need.

Mi hermana y yo - my sister and I. This serves as the subject of the sentence. We now know that the subject is first person plural - or "we."

The "se" in "comunicarse" and "besarse" refers to the reflexive function of the language - meaning that these verbs are actions that people do to or with each other.

Try translating the sentence into English first:

Mi hermana y yo nos comunicamos por Instagram - My sister and I communicate (with each other) through/via Instagram.

The "se" suffix is a placeholder in the infinitive verb form. Once you conjugate the verb, you must move this part ("se") before the verb, and then turn it into the proper reflexive pronoun - me, te, se, nos, os, or se (yes, I repeated se - it's used for él/ella as well as ustedes/ellos/ellas). So:

comunicarse -> se comunicar -> nos comunicamos

I hope this helps. Miguel did a wonderful job explaining as well. Feel free to message me if you have any more questions! ¡Gracias!

Hasta luego,

Jake T.

Answer 2

Mi hermana y yo nos comunicamos por Instagram.

Dos amigas se besan cuando se ven en muchas partes de Latinoamérica.

Answer 3

¡Hola Ash!

First, let's think about what kind of tense are those... both are reflexive, right? These two in particular refer to interactions between two people.

You will conjugate the verb as usual and you'll change the reflexive pronoun [me, te, se, nos, os (only in Spain) and se] accordingly.

So, "Mi hermana y yo NOS comunicamos por Instagram"

I'm sure you will be able to do the second sentence now.

Let me know if you have any other question.

¡Hasta luego!