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To get accustomed to something. How to use "sich gewöhnen"
How do you express "to be used to something" when the object is a phrase. For example "I am accustomed to drinking coffee every morning." Can the direct object of "sich ...
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sich verstecken
Why would you say, "Das Risiko für die israelischen Truppen ist dennoch sehr hoch, weil sie nicht genau wissen, wo Kämpfer versteckt, wo die Waffendepots sind, wo sich die Geiseln befinden. Die ...
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What is Duden telling us here?
Duden gives the following examples for the use of verletzen:
ich habe mich am Kopf verletzt
ich habe mir das Bein verletzt
Why is the reflexive pronoun accusative in the first and dative in the ...
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What is the verb in this sentence?
Ein Held, der sich heute bei euch die Ehre gibt
It's a line from song "Prinz Ali" ,and when I translated it I got
A hero who pays his respects to you today
The dictionary tells me that ...
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How to use "sich freuen"?
In the first sentence, it is me being happy and in other sentence, she is happy.
"freuen" is self-reflexive verb. So using "mich" in first sentence is understandable. Why don't we ...
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How to say "watch an opera", "watch a concert" and "admire the architecture"?
Would someone advise me on how to say the above?
I have a text here:
Die Semperoper ist eines der besten Opernhäuser in Deutschland, mit ihrer schönen Architektur und den brillanten Opern der ...
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What is the difference between “fühlen” and “sich fühlen”?
What is the difference between fühlen and sich fühlen?
I thought both mean to feel:
Ich fühle traurig.
Ich fühle mich traurig.
And why don’t we use sich fühlen in these two sentences?
Viele ...
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How to convey some expressions using the verb "beschweren"? [closed]
To me this word is actually an important one, because we like or dislike things, then when we dislike generally we complain. So I would like to use the verb beschweren correctly.
Which one of my ...
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"Mach dir die Augen zu" vs. "Mach die Augen zu"
Someone told me that saying "Mach dir die Augen zu " is rude. He told me that to make it more polite say " Mach die Augen zu". Does using the reflexive pronoun "dir" makes it more direct? If the ...
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