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Kapitel 9. Andere Länder, andere Sitten Treffpunkt Deutsch Sixth Edition. Reflexive Pronouns. The reflexive (pronoun) is used to express action to oneself or for oneself , and can be accusative or dative depending on its function.

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Kapitel 9

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  1. Kapitel 9 Andere Länder, andere Sitten Treffpunkt Deutsch Sixth Edition

  2. Reflexive Pronouns • The reflexive (pronoun) is used to express action tooneself or for oneself, and can be accusative or dative depending on its function. • Placement of the reflexive pronoun depends on which article of speech a sentence starts with. For example: • Ich rasiere mich heute morgen, bevor ich frühstücke. • Heute morgen rasiere ich mich, bevor ich frühstücke. Sub. Verb Refl. Time Time Sub. Refl. Verb

  3. Reflexive Pronouns - Accusative • The accusative reflexive pronouns differ slightly from the accusative personal pronouns. For example:

  4. Reflexive Verbs • The following list includes a number of commonly used verbs in the reflexive. Note that the infinitive includes the reflexive pronoun sich

  5. Accusative Reflexive - examples • Er wäscht sich jeden Morgen. • Sie schminkt sich, bevor sie zur Arbeit geht. • Ich ziehe mich schick an. • If we add a modal verb: • Ich willmich schick anziehen. • He washes himself every morning. • She puts on makeup before she goes to work. • I get nicely dressed. (I dress myself nicely.) • I want to get nicely dressed. (I want to nicely dress myself.)

  6. Reflexive Pronouns – dative • If the function of the reflexive pronoun is an indirect object then the dative case is used. • If we use the following accusative reflexive example: • Ichwaschemich, then the expression in English is a very general statement: “I’m getting washed” or “I wash myself”. • If we want to specifically express a part of one’s body, then we use the dative. For example: • Ichwaschemir die Hände. • While in English, one would use the possessive adjective (my hands), the German expression uses the dative reflexive pronouns. • NOTE: Use the dative reflexive pronoun when you wish to specifically express a part of the body: die Hände / die Haare / die Zähne

  7. Reflexive Pronouns – dative • The dative reflexive pronouns differ slightly from the dative personal pronouns. For example:

  8. Dative Reflexive – examples • Er wäscht sich die Haare jeden Morgen. • Sie putzt sich die Zähne, bevor sie zur Arbeit geht. • Ich ziehe mir ein schickes Hemd an. • Ich nehme mir ein Stück Kuchen zum Nachtisch. • Herr Ziegler macht sich eine Tasse Kaffee. • He washes his hair every morning. • She brushes her teeth before she goes to work. • I’m putting on a nice shirt. • I’m getting myself a piece of cake for dessert. • Mr. Ziegler makes himself a cup of coffee.

  9. Reflexive Verbs – more examples • Here is a list of additional (accusative) reflexive verbs

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