29th October, 2010

The German imperative of reflexive verbs

posted 1 year ago

Do you remember reflexive verbs? In English they require a reflexive pronoun -self, e.g. myself, yourself etc. In German the reflexive pronouns are mich, dich, sich, uns, euch etc. as in: sich verlieben -> Ich verliebe mich. (I fall in love) or sich kennen -> Wir kennen uns gut. (We know each other well).

In the imperative form you simply have to put the reflexive pronoun at the end of the command.

e.g.

Setz dich! -> Sit down!

Wascht euch! -> Wash yourselves!


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