GrammarA2· WG-Leben

Reflexive Verben

Reflexive verbs: mich, dich, sich

Kartoffel · your teacher

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1What & when

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Doing it to yourself? Add . Some verbs always need it.

Before

Ich wasche das Auto.

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Instead of washing something else, I wash myself: mich points back to ich.

„Ich wasche mich.“ — I'm having a wash.

Kartoffel

First, what is it?

Sometimes the action goes back to the person who does it. Then German adds a small word, the : Ich wasche mich (I wash myself). Some verbs always need it, even where English has nothing: Ich beeile mich (I hurry), Ich freue mich (I'm happy).

Kartoffel

And when do you need it? More often than you'd think:

WG-LebenA WG casting is an interview for a room in a shared flat. There you say: And every morning in the flat: –

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