{"id":6102,"date":"2012-06-07T08:27:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T07:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=6102"},"modified":"2012-06-07T08:28:33","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T07:28:33","slug":"german-reflexive-verbs-in-the-accusative-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/6102\/german-reflexive-verbs-in-the-accusative-case","title":{"rendered":"German Reflexive Verbs in the Accusative Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Reflexive Verbs in the Accusative Case<\/h3>\n

What is a reflexive verb?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

A German reflexive verb describes an action of someone (subject) where the action reflects back to the subject. German reflexive verbs are used in connection with a reflexive pronoun such as myself<\/em> or yourself<\/em> in English. Reflexive verbs are very common in the German language and they of course depend on the case \ud83d\ude42 Best to fresh up the German cases in our blog How the German Cases work \u2013 Nominative, Accusative, Dative and Genitive<\/a> In this blog we are only looking at reflexive verbs in the accusative case.<\/p>\n

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When to use a reflexive verb?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Reflexive verbs are used:<\/p>\n

– to describe things you do to yourself
\n– to describe a sudden change of some sort (getting dressed, being in a hurry)<\/p>\n

How to build a sentence with a reflexive verb?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ich<\/span> setze<\/span> mich<\/span> auf den Stuhl.<\/td>\n=<\/td>\nI sit (myself) on the chair.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ich<\/span><\/td>\n=<\/td>\nSubject<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
setze<\/span><\/td>\n=<\/td>\nreflexive verb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mich<\/span><\/td>\n=<\/td>\nreflexive pronoun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Accusative case<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

If the reflexive pronoun is the direct object in the sentence the case will be accusative. Or to make it simpler: <\/p>\n

If there is just one object in the sentence, the reflexive pronoun takes the accusative.<\/p>\n

Reflexive pronouns<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Accusative<\/strong><\/td>\nMeaning<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mich<\/td>\nmyself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dich<\/td>\nyourself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich<\/td>\nhimself\/herself\/itself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
uns<\/td>\nourselves<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
euch<\/td>\nyourselves<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich<\/td>\nthemselves<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich<\/td>\nyourself\/yourselves<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Reflexive Verbs which are followed by the Accusative Case<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Reflexive Verb<\/strong><\/td>\nMeaning<\/strong><\/td>\nExample Sentence<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich aufregen (\u00fcber)<\/td>\nto get angry (about)<\/td>\nEr regt sich \u00fcber seinen Chef auf.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich auskennen<\/td>\nto know something very well<\/td>\nIch kenne mich in London aus.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich ausruhen<\/td>\nto relax<\/td>\nNach der Operation ruhte er sich aus.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich bedanken<\/td>\nto thank someone<\/td>\nWir bedankten uns f\u00fcr das Geld.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich beeilen<\/td>\nto hurry up<\/td>\nDer Zug f\u00e4hrt gleich ab. Beeil dich!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich beschweren (\u00fcber)<\/td>\nto complain (about)<\/td>\nHerr Klein hat sich \u00fcber die laute Musik beschwert.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich bewerben (um)<\/td>\nto apply (for something)<\/td>\nHast du dich auch auf diesen Job beworben?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich b\u00fccken<\/td>\nto bend down<\/td>\nAchtung! B\u00fcck dich!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich entschlie\u00dfen<\/td>\nto decide<\/td>\nIch entschlie\u00dfe mich f\u00fcr das schwarze Auto.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich entschuldigen f\u00fcr<\/td>\nto apologise for<\/td>\nEntschuldigt ihr euch nicht f\u00fcr eurer Benehmen?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich erholen<\/td>\nto recover<\/td>\nWerden sie sich wieder von dem Unfall erholen?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich erk\u00e4lten<\/td>\nto catch a cold<\/td>\nHaben Sie sich auch erk\u00e4ltet?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich erkundigen nach<\/td>\nto ask about<\/td>\nBen erkundigt sich jeden Tag nach ihr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich freuen auf<\/td>\nto look forward to something<\/td>\nWir freuen uns auf die Flitterwochen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich f\u00fcrchten vor<\/td>\nto be afraid of<\/td>\nMein Sohn f\u00fcrchtet sich for Clowns.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich interessieren f\u00fcr<\/td>\nto be interested in<\/td>\nMein Vater interessiert sich f\u00fcr Briefmarken.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich irren<\/td>\nto be mistaken<\/td>\nDu irrst dich!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich konzentrieren auf<\/td>\nto concentrate on<\/td>\nIch muss mich besser auf die Schule konzentrieren.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich k\u00fcmmern um<\/td>\nto look after someone<\/td>\nSteffi k\u00fcmmert sich r\u00fchrend um ihn.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich sch\u00e4men f\u00fcr<\/td>\nto be ashamed of<\/td>\nMark sch\u00e4mt sich f\u00fcr seine schlechte Note.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich sehnen nach<\/td>\nto long for someone\/something<\/td>\nIch sehne mich nach Urlaub.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich umsehen<\/td>\nto look around<\/td>\nIch sehe mich nur um.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich verbeugen<\/td>\nto bow<\/td>\nDu brauchst dich nicht vor ihr verbeugen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich verirren<\/td>\nto get lost<\/td>\nDie Katze hat sich verirrt.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich weigern<\/td>\nto refuse<\/td>\nSie weigert sich Fleisch zu essen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich wundern \u00fcber<\/td>\nto wonder about<\/td>\nIch wundere mich \u00fcber dein Benehmen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reflexive Verbs in the Accusative Case What is a reflexive verb? A German reflexive verb describes an action of someone (subject) where the action reflects back to the subject. German reflexive verbs are used in connection with a reflexive pronoun such as myself or yourself in English. Reflexive verbs are very common in the German […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6102"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6102"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6989,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6102\/revisions\/6989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}