{"id":6104,"date":"2012-10-11T08:22:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T07:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=6104"},"modified":"2014-01-02T17:35:59","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T16:35:59","slug":"german-reflexive-verbs-in-the-dative-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/6104\/german-reflexive-verbs-in-the-dative-case","title":{"rendered":"German Reflexive Verbs in the Dative Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Reflexive Verbs in the Dative 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. Best to fresh up the German cases in our blog How the German Cases work \u2013 Nominative, Accusative, Dative and Genitive<\/a>
\nIn this blog we are only looking at reflexive verbs in the dative case. Don’t miss out our blog about German Reflexive Verbs in the Accusative Case<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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
Du<\/span> w\u00e4schst<\/span> dir<\/span> die H\u00e4nde.<\/td>\n=<\/td>\nYou wash (yourself) the hands.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Du<\/span><\/td>\n=<\/td>\nSubject<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
w\u00e4schst<\/span><\/td>\n=<\/td>\nreflexive verb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dir<\/span><\/td>\n=<\/td>\nreflexive pronoun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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

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

If there are two objects then the reflexive pronoun takes the dative.<\/p>\n

Reflexive pronouns<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dative<\/strong><\/td>\nMeaning<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mir<\/td>\nmyself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dir<\/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 Dative Case<\/span><\/b><\/p>\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 abgew\u00f6hnen<\/td>\nto give something up<\/td>\nIch gew\u00f6hne mir das Rauchen ab.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich anh\u00f6ren<\/td>\nto listen to<\/td>\nH\u00f6rst du dir das neue Album an?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich ansehen<\/td>\nto watch something<\/td>\nEr sieht sich den Film im Kino an.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich einbilden<\/td>\nto imagine something<\/td>\nWir bilden uns das Gespenst nur ein.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich erlauben<\/td>\nto allow something<\/td>\nMeine Mutter erlaubt mir nicht auf die Party zu gehen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich kaufen<\/td>\nto buy oneself<\/td>\nWir kaufen uns eine Katze.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich leisten<\/td>\nto afford<\/td>\nDas Auto kann ich mir nicht leisten.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich merken<\/td>\nto keep in mind<\/td>\nDiesen Vorfall merke ich mir.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich vornehmen<\/td>\nto undertake something<\/td>\nKatja nimmt sich vor, mehr Sport zu machen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich vorstellen<\/td>\nto imagine<\/td>\nDas Leben in Australien stelle ich mir toll vor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich w\u00fcnschen<\/td>\nto wish<\/td>\nWas w\u00fcnscht du dir zu Weihnachten?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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