Wortschatzuebung der 25. Okt. 2010 1. Ein Mann, der im Krankenhaus arbeitet ist ___________________________. 2. Im Notfall, soll man ________________________________________________. 3. Wenn man die Grippe hat, dann hat man ________________________________________________________________________________. 4. In der Apotheke kann man ______________________________ kaufen. 5. Wenn man ins Krankenhaus geht, soll man einen Ausweis (ID) und eine _____________________________________________________ dabei (with you) haben. 6. Eine Frau, die im Krankenhaus arbeitet ist _______________________________. 7. Mann kommt ins Krankenhaus in einem _________________________________. 8. Wenn es ein Notfall gibt, dann sagt man ,,______________________________!” 9. Einige (some) Beinteile sind ____________________________, __________________________, und ________________________. 10. Einige Armteile sind ____________________________, __________________________, und ____________________________________. Neue woerter fuer diese woche Du siehst schlecht/schrecklich aus Was ist los? Was ist passiert? Eine Allergie gegen etwas haben Die Spritze Die untersuchung Sich verbrennen Sich verletzen Sich wehtun Die Operation Der Chirurg Untersuchung Ausrutschen Fallen der Gips Sich _____ brechen Accusative reflexive pronouns http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar/reflexexpl.html Match the pronoun to its accusative reflexive counterpart. Ich Du Dich sie/er Uns wir euch ihr mich Sie sich Fill in the correct accusative reflexive pronoun. 1. Ich habe _______________ verletzt. 2. Du hast ________________ verletzt. 3. Er hat _________________ weh getan. 4. Wir haben _____________ verletzt. 5. Ihr habt ________________ weh getan. 6. Frau Christmas, Sie haben ________________ verletzt. 7. Hast du ___________________ verbrannt? 8. Ja, ich habe _________________ verbrannt. 9. Wir haben _____________________ nicht weh getan. 10. Ihr habt ______________________ verbrannt. Fill in the correct vocab word from today. 1. Ach nein! Ich habe mir den Arm gebrochen. Jetzt habe ich einen _____________________. 2. Ich war beim Kochen, und habe das kochende Wasser beruehrt. Ich habe mich _______________________________. 3. “zu Hilfe!!” “Was ist _____________________________?” 4. Ich darf keine Erdnusse essen. Ich habe eine ______________________ gegen Erdnusse. 5. Ich muss eine ___________________________ gegen die Grippe bekommen. (bekommen=to get) 6. Ich habe mich________________________________________! 7. Bist du krank? Hast du nicht geschlafen? Du ______________________________________! Schreib es auf Deutsch. 1. We got hurt. (=we hurt ourselves.) 2. You burned yourself. 3. I hurt myself. 4. They hurt themselves. 5. You all hurt yourselves. German Reflexive Verbs (2) Reflexive Pronouns Accusative and Dative Reflexive Pronouns You are here: Sentences Reflexive 1 > Reflexive Pronouns > Sample Below is a chart listing the accusative and dative reflexive pronouns in German. In the second chart below, we list sample reflexive verbs and sentences to illustrate how German uses the reflexive. Also see Lesson 15 - Part 3 of German for Beginners for more examples of the dative reflexive. Print this page (without ads) The Reflexive Pronouns in German Accusative - Dative Nom. Akkusativ Dativ ich mich (myself) mir (myself) du dich (yourself) dir (yourself) ihr euch (yourselves) euch (yourselves) wir uns (ourselves) uns (ourselves) er sich sich sie (himself/herself/itself) (himself/herself/itself) Sie sich sich sie (yourself/themselves) (yourself/themselves) es The chart above is organized so that the only two reflexive forms that are different in the dative reflexive are shown in the two top rows. Only dir and mir differ from their accusative forms. All of the sich forms are also shown together. This way you can see that you really don't need to learn as many unique reflexive forms as you might have thought. See the chart below for some important reflexive verbs in German and English. Note the examples that contrast the reflexive and non-reflexive forms of the same verb, with their different meanings. Sample Reflexive Verbs *Verbs that are always or usually reflexive in German sich annehmen to look after/take care of annehmen (non-refl.) to assume sich anziehen to get dressed anziehen (non-refl.) to wear sich ärgern to be angry, upset sich baden to bathe, take a bath baden (non-refl.) to swim, go swimming sich bedienen to serve yourself sich beeilen* to hurry, be in a rush sich befinden* to be located, find oneself (somewhere) sich bewegen to move sich duschen* to shower, take a shower sich eignen* to be suited, suitable sich entscheiden to decide, make up one's mind sich erholen* to recover, get better sich erinnern to remember erinnern (non-refl.) to remind sich erkälten* to catch cold sich freuen* to be glad sich gewöhnen an* to get used to sich handeln um to be about handeln (non-refl.) to act, trade, deal sich interessieren für to be interested in sich rasieren* to shave sich setzen to sit down setzen (non-refl.) to put, place sich waschen to wash (oneself) REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS AND VERBS A situation is reflexive when the subject and the object of the action are the same: Ich wasche meinen Hund. Subject (ich) and object (meinen Hund) are different ==> not reflexive. Ich wasche mich. Subject (ich) and object (mich) are the same ==> reflexive. To indicate this, reflexive pronouns are used. There are reflexive pronouns in the accusative case and the dative case. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS ACCUSATIV CASE ==> NOMINATIVE DATIVE E ich mich mir SINGULA du dich dir R er/sie/es sich wir uns PLURAL ihr euch sie/Sie sich Note that they are different in the first and second person singular only--however, these forms are used quite often. . When are the accusative forms used, and when the dative forms? Accusative forms are used when the reflexive object is direct: Ich wasche mich. "mich" is the direct object of the action. Dative forms are used when the reflexive object is indirect: Ich wasche mir das Gesicht. "mir" is the indirect object (beneficiary) of the action and thus in the dative case ("das Gesicht" is the direct object of the action). Since many situations use an accusative object before they use a dative object, the accusative form of the relative pronoun can be considered something of a `default'. Disregard prepositional objects (even if in the accusative case). = Ich interessiere mich für Musik. Dative forms are also used after adverbs such as nichts (nothing), etwas (something), viel (much), wenig (a little) (indefinite quantities), as well as dependent clauses with "daß". These function as direct objects. Ich habe mir etwas zu Essen gekauft. Ich denke mir, daß er ein Dummkopf ist. Word Order Normally, the reflexive pronoun follows as third element after either the verb (in statements) or the subject (in questions): Sie hat sich weh getan. Hast du dir weh getan? Imperatives The reflexive pronoun is required in imperatives: = Beruhigt euch! (Calm down!) = Benimm dich! (Behave!) Remember that the basic version of this phrase would be: "Du benimmst dich". The reflexive pronoun dich goes with du; while the conjugation ending (-st) and the personal pronoun are dropped, the reflexive pronoun is retained! Also note the vowel change in this example; it needs to be carried out as usual. Verbs Here is a list of select so-called "reflexive verbs". some may or may not be reflexive, depending on the situation (they are listed below with "sich" in parentheses, e.g. "waschen"): = Er zieht sich um. He changes (clothes). = Er zieht seinen Sohn um. He changes his son's clothes. some are always reflexive and use a given case regardless of the above (though in most cases it follows that pattern). "+A" or "+D" below apply to the case of the object after the preposition, NOT to the case of the reflexive pronoun: = Elfriede erinnert sich nicht an ihren ersten Kuß. (sich erinnern an + A: "an ihren ersten Kuß"; Elfriede remembers her first kiss.) These verbs are somewhat common and you should at least be familiar with them (i.e. be able to recognize them and work with them). Hint: use the accusative as a `default' (this works often--but not necessarily always!). Mit AKKUSATIV (sich) amüsieren sich aufregen (über +A) sich beeilen sich befinden to amuse oneself to get angry (about) to be in a hurry to be present sich beklagen sich benehmen sich entscheiden (sich) entschuldigen sich ereignen sich erholen sich erinnern (an +A) sich erkälten sich freuen auf +A sich freuen (über +A) sich fürchten vor +D (sich) gewöhnen an +A sich interessieren für +A sich kümmern um +A (sich) stellen sich umsehen (sich) umziehen (sich) unterhalten sich verspäten sich vor*stellen sich wundern (über +A) sich wenden an +A to complain to behave to decide to apologize to take place, occur, happen to recuperate to remember (something) to catch a cold to look forward to to be happy (about) to be afraid of to get used to to be interested in to take care of to turn oneself in (to the police) to look around to change (clothes) to converse, talk, entertain to be late to introduce onself to wonder, be surprised (about) to turn to Mit AKKUSATIV ODER DATIV sich legen to lay down (sich) rasieren to shave (sich) setzen to sit down (sich) verletzen to hurt (oneself) (sich) waschen to wash (oneself) Mit DATIV sich etwas einbilden to pretend sich vorstellen (+A) to imagine sich zu schade sein für to have too much selfrespect +A (sich) weh tun for to hurt (oneself) ÜBUNGEN If you cannot enter special characters directly: * Cut & Paste the appropriate character from here: ß - Ä - ä - Ö - ö - Ü - ü * Or, for the "ß" use the capital letter "B" (or an "sz"), for umlauts use these transc etc. A. Was ist die richtige Form? 1. Wir amüsieren jedes Wochenende. 2. Ich rege immer so auf, wenn ich Fußballspiele sehe. 3. Sie sollten jeden Morgen bewegen, das ist gesund. 4. Erinnerst du noch an Alfred? 5. Paß auf, oder du wirst erkälten! 6. Anna freut schon auf die Ferien. 7. Jeden Morgen rasiere ich . 8. Ihr habt schon wieder verspätet! 9. Ich habe beim Fußballspielen den Fuß verletzt. 10. Zieh schon an! B. Bilden Sie Sätze (in Präsens). Vergessen Sie nicht: DATIV, AKKUSATIV...? 1. Max / sich verspäten / jeden Tag 2. ich / sich wundern / über diese Übung 3. sich setzen / auf den Stuhl / bitte / ! [There are three ways to do this one]. 4. du / sich entschuldigen / bei deiner Freundin 5. Julia / sich interessieren / für modische Kleider 6. sich vorstellen / ich / ein schönes Leben C. Übersetzen Sie. Vorsicht, das ist ein bißchen schwierig! 1. Rolf is not afraid of dogs. 2. We are interested in music. 3. Cornelia has to get used to her new car. 4. Can you imagine a trip to Germany? 5. I have to change [clothes] before I go. 6. Behave! [There are three possibilities!] Dative Reflexive In this section we examine the dative reflexive, and particularly how it's used with the vocabulary in this lesson. Since reflexive verb forms are used frequently in German and have very practical, everyday applications, you need to learn them. (Also see Reflexive Verbs and the other parts of this lesson.) Note that only two pronouns (ich and du) show any difference from the accusative reflexive forms in the dative reflexive. But since those two pronouns are very often used in the dative reflexive, it is important to know them. Dativ/der Wemfall The Dative Reflexive Nom. Accusative Dative pronoun pronoun pronoun ich mich (myself) mir (myself) du dich (yourself) dir (yourself) wir uns (ourselves) uns (ourselves) ihr euch (yourselves) euch (yourselves) er sie es sich (himself/herself/itself) sich (himself/herself/itself) Sie sich sich sie (yourself/themselves) (yourself/themselves) When talking about combing or washing your hair, washing your face or brushing your teeth in German, you use the dative reflexive forms shown above. German has two reflexive forms, accusative and dative. If you just say, "I'm washing myself." (nothing specific) then you use the "normal" accusative reflexive: "Ich wasche mich." But if you are washing your hair, instead of expressing that as English would ("my hair" = "meine Haare"), German uses the reflexive: "Ich wasche mir die Haare." (lit., "I wash myself the hair." - no possessive "my") Look at the examples below and observe how the dative reflexive functions with different pronouns (du/dir, wir/uns, etc.). Dative Reflexive Sample sentences I'm washing my hands. Ich wasche mir die Hände. I'm combing my hair. Ich kämme mir die Haare. He's washing his hands. Er wäscht sich die Hände. Are you washing your hands? Wäscht du dir die Hände? We're brushing our teeth. Wir putzen uns die Zähne. I'm washing my face. Ich wasche mir das Gesicht. German uses the dative reflexive to express the English possessive forms with pers toiletry verbs (comb, wash, brush, etc.). Note that only the forms dir and mir are diffe from the accusative reflexive forms (dich, mich). Contrast the sentences above with th accusative reflexive forms below: I'm washing myself. Are you washing yourself? Ich wasche mich. Wäscht du dich? I'm shaving (myself). He's shaving (himself). Ich rasiere mich. Er rasiert sich. I'm getting dressed. He's getting dressed. Ich ziehe mich an. Er zieht sich an. Note that with the accusative reflexive the reflexive pronoun is the only object. (The E equivalent may not even be reflexive, i.e., there may be NO "yourself" or "myself" in t English sentence – as in "I'm shaving.") In accusative reflexive sentences the reflexive pronoun itself is the direct object, while in dative reflexive sentences something else is direct object (hand, hair, face, etc.) The German accusative reflexive forms are cove more detail in the lesson on German Reflexive Verbs. Reflexive sentences can be in any tense. Reflexive verbs are conjugated just like any other German verb. (See our German Verbs page for more.) Here are a few examples: Dative Reflexive Sentences in Various Tenses I washed my hands. (past) Ich habe mir die Hände gewaschen I'll comb my hair. (future) Ich werde mir die Haare kämmen. Did you wash your hands? (past) Hast du dir die Hände gewaschen? Handout: Reflexivverben Reflexive verbs in German are really quite simple. Like many other languages, German has some verbs that require a reflexive pronoun to complete a sentence. “Reflexive” simply means that the pronoun refers back to the subject of the sentence. We do this in English, too, although German has many more reflexive verbs than English. Compare the following: Ich wasche das Auto. Ich wasche mich. NOT REFLEXIV REFLEXIVE: I’ There are many verbs in German that require a reflexive pronoun where their English counterparts do not. Examine the following: Ich Ich Ich Ich ziehe mich an. schminke mich. rasiere mich. entspanne mich. These verbs do not form complete sentences without an object -- for our purposes, the reflexive pronoun. “Ich ziehe an” does not make any sense in German, because it’s not stated WHAT you’re putting clothes onto. Many reflexive verbs in German take accusative reflexive pronouns. Quite simply, these pronouns function as direct objects in the sentence. What am I washing? -Myself, so: Ich wasche mich. If the action of the verb reflects directly back to the subject, then the reflexive pronoun will be accusative. Some reflexive verbs, though, require a dative reflexive pronoun. These pronouns function as indirect objects, because there is some other element in the sentence that is the direct object. Most often, the direct object is a body part or piece of clothing that belongs to the subject. Compare the following: I’m I’m I’m I’m getting putting shaving relaxing Ich ziehe mich an. Ich ziehe mir einen Mantel an. ACCUSATIVE: Ich wasche mich. Ich wasche mir die Hände. ACCUSATIVE: Rasierst du dich? Rasierst du dir die Beine? ACCUSATIVE: DATIVE: DATIVE: DATIVE: When you’re trying to decide whether to use an accusative or dative reflexive pronoun, look at the sentence and determine if there is another element (such as a body part) that is acting as the direct object. If so, then the reflexive pronoun will be dative (the indirect object). Otherwise, if there is no other element in the sentence, the reflexive pronoun must be accusative. The following is a chart of the accusative and dative reflexive pronouns in German. Notice that for the most part, these pronouns are the same as the object pronouns (dich, uns, etc.). Only the third-person forms (sich) are new to you. Also notice that the only differences between dative and accusative forms are in the first (mich-mir) and second (du-dir) singular persons. NOM AKK DAT ich..........mich......... mir . . du.......... dich..........dir . . er...........sich.......... sich . . sie.......... sich.......... sich . . es...........sich.......... sich . . NOM AKK DAT wir.......... uns............ uns .. .. ihr........... euch........... euch . . sie........... sich............ sich . . Sie........... sich............ sich . . Usage notes: Body parts do not take a possessive adjective. Unlike English, where we say “I’m washing MY hands”, when a reflexive pronoun is used in German, it already I’m I’m Are indicates to whom the body parts belong, so there is no possessive adjective used. It is not only redundant but also wrong to use a possessive here. Ich wasche mir die Hände. Ich putze mir die Zähne. I’m washing I’m brushin Direct objects with reflexive pronouns. Although the general rule-of-thumb is that reflexive pronouns are dative when a body part or article of clothing is specified, please be aware that there are other types of nouns that can function as direct objects, thus making the reflexive pronoun dative. For example: Ich koche mir Kaffee. Ich sehe mir einen Film an. Word order: In statements, the reflexive pronoun should occur directly after the conjugated verb, or as close to the subject as possible (while maintaining verb-second word order). Ich wasche mir jeden Tag die Haare. Jeden Tag wasche ich mir die Haare. Ich habe mir heute die Haare gewaschen. Ich kann mir heute die Haare nicht waschen. In questions, the same rule applies: the reflexive pronoun stays as close to the subject as possible, allowing for correct verb placement. Putzt du dir jetzt die Zähne? Soll ich mir die Zähne putzen? Hast du dir die Zähne geputzt? When proper names are used in a sentence, it is possible to move the reflexive pronoun even further forward in the sentence than normal. However, standard word order is also possible, so if in doubt, simply keep the reflexive pronoun in its normal position. I’m making I’m watchin Ärgert Karl sich? Ärgert sich Karl? (normal pos (alternate,