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Reflexive verbs[Go Back]from kakis 09.11.2009 (10:37)
I have a question about using reflexive verbs:
Ich kämme mir die Haare. or Ich kämme meine Haare.
kämmen is reflexive verb, so second sentence is wrong? | |
from admin 09.11.2009 (10:41)
Sounds both ok. | |
from kakis 09.11.2009 (13:11)
Thank you | |
from billybob012 18.11.2009 (03:09)
Im pretty sure its, "Ich kämme mich die Haare". Reflexive uses either sich, for example, "Deuschst du sich?" (Do you shower?), and your answer, "Ja, Ich deusche mich". I am sure that dative case is not used with reflexive. | |
from admin 18.11.2009 (07:44)
Billy, that's wrong. "Ich kaemme mir die Haare" is corrrect. Do you shower means: "Duscht du?" "Ja, ich dusche" | |
from billybob012 21.11.2009 (18:09)
Well that's what my german professor says, this is just the way germans talk, "do you shower yourself?" and "he shook the head" insead of, "he shook his head". | |
from billybob012 21.11.2009 (18:11)
sorry, i spelled it wrong, it's "duschen", but everything else is correct :) | |
from billybob012 21.11.2009 (18:16)
Also, you can say just "Duschst du?" but the point is that when you use reflexive verbs you use either "sich" or "mich" becuase it shows that you are receiving the action (accusative case). So, "Ich kämme mich die Haare". I am the one that is combing the hair on my head. | |
from admin 21.11.2009 (18:21)
"Ich kaemme mich" is ok. But if you want to add Haare, it has to be "Ich kaemme mir die Haare" | |
from TheGermanOne 18.12.2009 (17:24)
Hello billy. Sorry, but "Ich kämme mich die Haare" is wrong! Also "Deuschst du sich?" is wrong! "Ja, ich deusche mich" is also wrong!
Right:
Ich kämme mir die Haare
Duschst du dich?
Ja, ich dusche mich. | |
from TheGermanOne 18.12.2009 (17:26)
Hello admin, "Duscht du?" is wrong.
Right: "Duschst du?" | |
from deutch01 24.02.2010 (23:24)
I agree its Ich kaemme mir die Haare | |
from butros 11.03.2010 (08:30)
In response to "Ich kaemme mich/meine Haara," it is "Ich kaemme mich die Haara." The reflexive verb is sich kaemmen. There fore, it would be ich=mich, du=dich, er, es und sie = sich and wir = uns | |
from Nidhogg 13.04.2010 (09:11)
The above is not correct, it is most definitely the dative case.
Ich wasche mir die Haare.
Warum wäschst du dir die Hände?
Er putzt sich die Zahne.
Ich wasche mir den Rücken. (Masc. object)
But
Ich dusche mich./Du wäschst dich/Sie duscht sich. are correct
As I understand it:
The pronoun is in the dative as the direct object is the thing you are washing. The pronoun "Sich" is the same in both the Accusative and Dative cases.
In "Ich dusche mich./Du wäschst dich/Sie duscht sich." you are the object rather than a specific body part, and therefore accusative case is correct. | |
from deutch01 21.04.2010 (13:16)
I agree, the hair is the direct object being washed, you are the indirect object. I wash the hair of me. | |
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