reflexive verbs Flashcards

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What are the German reflexive pronouns?

Myself, yourself etc.

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reflexive pronouns

mich (myself) uns (ourself)

dich (yourself, inf) euch (yourselves, inf)

sich (his/her/itself) sich (themselves)

sich (yourself form)

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What is a reflexive verb?

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A reflexive verb is a verb whose direct object is the same as its subject, for example

Ich wasche mich (I wash myself)

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Conjugate sich waschen (to wash oneself) in the present tense.

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sich waschen

ich wasche mich
du wäschst dich
er wäscht sich
wir waschen uns
ihr wascht euch
sie; Sie waschen sich

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Conjugate sich setzen (to sit down) in the present tense.

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sich setzen

ich setze mich
du setzt dich
er setzt sich
wir setzen uns
ihr setzt euch
sie; Sie setzen sich

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Some reflexive verbs require the reflexive pronoun to be in the dative case.

What are the dative reflexive pronouns? To myself, to yourself etc?

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dative reflexive pronouns

mir (to myself) uns (to ourself)

dir ( to yourself, inf) euch (to yourselves, inf)

sich (to his/her/itself) sich (to themselves)

sich (to yourself formal)

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How do you say “I clean my teeth” in German?

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Ich putze mir die Zähne

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How do you say “I have washed myself” in German?

(perfect tense)

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Ich habe mich gewaschen

n.b. all reflexive verbs take haben as the auxilliary verb

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