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WORD GRAMMAR
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Verb
- Conjugation in indicative
- Person and number
- Tenses
- Voice
- Mood
- Verb categories
- Valency
- Semantic categories of verbs
- Finite / non-finite verb forms
- Noun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Article
- Pronoun
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Particle
- Interjection
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Verb
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SENTENCE GRAMMAR
- Clause types
- Complex clauses
- Constituents of a sentence
- Sentence structure
- Word order in a sentence
- Negation
Reflexive/reciprocal verbs
Reflexive pronouns in accusative or dative
The reflexive pronoun can be an accusative object, a dative object or a prepositional object. The valency of the verb determines the case of the reflexive pronoun.
Examples | |
waschen + accusative object | Ich wasche mich. |
helfen + dative object | Ich kann mir nicht helfen. |
aufpassen + auf + accusative | Ich passe auf mich auf. |
When a verb that has a reflexive use has an accusative object, the reflexive pronoun is in the dative case.
Example | |
sich waschen + accusative object | Ich wasche mir die Hände. |