It ' s not clear to me why you think you should be able to tell the residents of other states who they should select for president . Isn ' t that a bit egomaniacal ? What ? When did I say this ? Every American ' s vote should be equally important . They can vote for whom they want . <| sep |> Does the deal run through Cyber Monday ? <| sep |> It ' s called a reflexive verb , meaning the subject does the verb to itself . For example sentarse , to sityou can ' t really sit someone else , or sentirse , to feel an emotionyou can ' t really feel someone else an emotion , or feel an emotion to someone . You ' re the one feeling . Lavarse similarly conveys that one is washing one ' s self , rather than someone else lavar , although I suppose there ' s some ambiguity in this case . Normally with reflexive verbs the pronoun precedes the verb and is separated by a space , but lvate is in the imperative . This is why it looks strange to you , I suspect . In the imperative , you put the pronoun after the verb and also drop the s and you don ' t include a space . te lavas las manos , you wash your hands . Lvate las manos , wash your hands . I personally like this rule because it gives the imperative a sense of urgency and flows really well , which is useful when giving commands . French has a similar rule for the imperative , but the object pronoun following the verb is separated by a hyphen . Donnemoi le livre . Give me the book . edit Added the accent .