when using reflexive verbs, whats the difference between me arreglo and arreglarme?

Question

how would you know when to use each one? and can you give an example?

thanks

Answer 1

Let me see if I can help a bit.

"Me arreglo" means "I'm getting ready" with the notion that I'm doing something to myself to get ready for something. If you're getting ready for sleep, you brush your teeth, right? So you use the progressive tense to say, "I'm getting ready for sleep." In Spanish, you use the present tense to mean pretty much the same thing. You'd say "Me arreglo para dormir." If you transliterate, this becomes "(I) ready myself for to sleep."

The second is a kind of infinitive that is used with another verb. "Tengo que arreglarme para dormir" would translate to "I have to get ready for bed." The transliteration would be "(I) need to ready myself to sleep"

I guess this is why people like me need to learn contrastive grammar.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Me arreglo - In this case the verb has been conjugated.

Me arreglo el cabello y ya salgo.

The infinitive is Arreglarme, Arreglarse, Arreglarte, Arreglarnos (according to the person)

Es tarde. Tengo que arreglarme para ir a la escuela.

Answer 3

the reflexive means that you are doing it to yourself
ex Me ducho( I shower myself )
Ducho los hijos ( I shower the kids )

i think they are the same , but u cant use arreglarme ( to arrange myself ???? sounds weird ) arreglarme , actually it is arreglarse , and me arreglo are the same thing just conjugated

i hope this helps!