{"id":966,"date":"2010-06-22T21:10:23","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T20:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=966"},"modified":"2011-09-11T13:04:59","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T12:04:59","slug":"how-and-when-to-use-german-reflexive-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/966\/how-and-when-to-use-german-reflexive-verbs","title":{"rendered":"How and when to use German Reflexive Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/doofdoof.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-968\" title=\"Reflexive Verbs\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/doofdoof.jpg\" alt=\"Reflexive Verbs\" width=\"216\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"prep-title\">German Reflexive Verbs<\/h3>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBut what is a reflexive pronoun?\u201d I hear you ask.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A reflexive pronoun is an object pronoun. For example: myself, yourself, himself\u2026<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>Example of a German Reflexive Verb:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ich<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">beeile<\/span> <span style=\"color: #009900;\">mich<\/span><\/td>\n<td>=<\/td>\n<td>I hurry up (myself)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ich<\/span><\/td>\n<td>=<\/td>\n<td>Subject<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">beeile<\/span><\/td>\n<td>=<\/td>\n<td>reflexive verb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #009900;\">mich<\/span><\/td>\n<td>=<\/td>\n<td>reflexive pronoun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">German reflexive verbs are common used in the German language and you will hear them on a daily basis. But in which situations do the Germans use a reflexive verb? This is used\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to describe things you do (to yourself)<\/li>\n<li> to describe a change (to hurry up, to get dressed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And of course \u2013 German wouldn\u2019t be German if this rule didn\u2019t depend on the case. That\u2019s why the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/795\/how-the-german-cases-work-nominative-accusative-dative-and-genetive\">4 German cases <\/a>are so important to learn. The German reflexive verb is used either in the Accusative Case or in the Dative Case.<\/p>\n<table class=\"prep\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"500px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"111\"><strong>Accusative<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"141\"><strong>Dative<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"248\"><strong>Meaning<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>mich<\/td>\n<td>mir<\/td>\n<td>myself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>dich<\/td>\n<td>dir<\/td>\n<td>yourself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sich<\/td>\n<td>sich<\/td>\n<td>himself\/herself\/itself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>uns<\/td>\n<td>uns<\/td>\n<td>ourselves<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>euch<\/td>\n<td>euch<\/td>\n<td>yourselves<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sich<\/td>\n<td>sich<\/td>\n<td>themselves<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sich<\/td>\n<td>sich<\/td>\n<td>yourself\/yourselves<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The present tense of German reflexive verbs is used in the same way as an ordinary verb. The only difference is that you always need the reflexive pronoun with it.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"prep-title\">Here are some example sentences:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> Er setzt sich auf den Stuhl. \t= \tHe sits (himself) on the chair.<\/li>\n<li> Du ziehst dich an.\t\t= \tYou get (yourself) dressed.<\/li>\n<li> Wir freuen uns auf den Urlaub\t= \twe\u2019re looking (ourselves) forward to the holiday.<\/li>\n<li> Ich w\u00fcnsche mir ein Auto. \t= \tI wish I had a car \u2013 lit: I wish (to myself) a car.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"prep-title\">Here is a list of the most common German reflexive verbs in the <strong>Accusative Case<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> sich anziehen \u2013 to get dressed &#8211; Ich ziehe mich an.<\/li>\n<li>sich beeilen \u2013 to hurry up &#8211; Tim beeilt sich, um den Zug zu kriegen.<\/li>\n<li> sich erinnern an \u2013 to remember &#8211; Ich erinnere mich nicht mehr an meine Kindheit.<\/li>\n<li> sich freuen auf \u2013to look forward to &#8211; Meine Schwester freut sich auf ihren Geburtstag.<\/li>\n<li> sich interessieren f\u00fcr \u2013 to be interested in &#8211; Interessiert ihr euch f\u00fcr Geschichte?<\/li>\n<li> sich irren \u2013 to be wrong &#8211; Ich glaube Sie irren sich.<\/li>\n<li> sich rasieren \u2013 to shave &#8211; Mein Freund rasiert sich immer montags.<\/li>\n<li> sich setzen \u2013 to sit down &#8211; Wollen Sie sich nicht setzen?<\/li>\n<li> sich trauen \u2013 to dare &#8211; Wir trauen uns nicht, ihm die Wahrheit zu sagen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"prep-title\">Here is a list of the most common German reflexive verbs in the<strong> Dative Case<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li> sich ansehen \u2013 to have a look at &#8211; Siehst du dir den Film heute an?<\/li>\n<li> sich einbilden \u2013 to imagine wrongly &#8211; Er bildet sich ein, der sch\u00f6nste Mann auf der Welt zu sein.<\/li>\n<li> sich erlauben \u2013 to allow oneself &#8211; Ich erlaube mir heute ein St\u00fcck Schokolade.<\/li>\n<li> sich leisten \u2013 to treat oneself &#8211; Leistet ihr euch dieses Jahr ein neues Auto?<\/li>\n<li> sich vornehmen \u2013 to plan to do -Wir nehmen uns jedes Jahr vor, eine Di\u00e4t zu machen.<\/li>\n<li> sich vorstellen \u2013 to imagine &#8211; Stellen Sie sich vor Sie h\u00e4tten Urlaub.<\/li>\n<li> sich w\u00fcnschen \u2013 to w\u00fcnschen (to want) &#8211; Anna und Tom w\u00fcnschen sich ein Baby.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German Reflexive Verbs 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. \u201cBut what is a reflexive pronoun?\u201d I hear you ask. A reflexive pronoun is an object pronoun. For example: myself, yourself, himself\u2026 &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/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\/966"}],"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=966"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15047,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions\/15047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}