To Myself, To Yourself, To Himself, etc.: Reflexive Pronouns

In English, we use the ending "self" to describe when the person doing an action (a verb) also receives the action, e.g., She calls herself Mary -- Ella se llama Mary.

Here is the list of Spanish reflexive pronouns.

me	myself
te	yourself (informal, singular)
se	himself, herself, itself, oneself, yourself (formal, singular)
nos	ourselves
os	yourselves (informal, plural)
se	themselves, yourselves (formal, plural)

In statements with two verbs, there are two options for placing the reflexive pronoun: before the conjugated verb, or attached to end of the second, infinitive, verb:

• Juan (no) se va a llamarJuanito = Juan no himself is going to call Juanito = Juan is not going to call himself Juanito
  
  Juan (no) va a llamarse Juanito  = Juan no is going to call himself Juanito

Another kind of sentence with two verbs has an -ing verb (gerund) as the second verb, and the indirect object pronoun can be placed before the conjugated verb, or attached to end of the second, gerund verb:

• Juan (no) se está llamando Juanito = Juan no himself is calling = Juan is (not) calling himself Juanito 
  
  Juan (no) está llamándose Juanito  = Juan no is calling himself  = Juan is (not) calling himself Juanito

Neither word order is "better" or "more correct" than the other, and they are both used with equal frequency.

When a reflexive pronoun and a direct or indirect pronoun appear together, the reflexive pronoun comes first. This follows the same pattern as sentences with indirect object pronoun + direct object pronoun combinations:

Juan (no) se pone la chaqueta = Juan no himself puts on the chaqueta = Juan does not put the jacket on (himself).

Juan no se la pone = Juan no to himself it puts on = Juan does not put it on.