7/7/2023 0 Comments What is a reflexive verb![]() My husband takes care of the children every Saturday morning.I always dress (myself) at a quarter past seven during the week.Translate the following sentences into Luxembourgish: This works with many works in Luxembourgish like for example with the verb treffen – read more about treffen and sech treffen in this lesson. Wäschen – if you decide to use a reflexive pronoun before it will become sech wäschen. You can build actually a lot of verbs with the reflexive pronoun: Erënners du dech un déi lescht Vakanz? Do you remember last holidays?.Hues du dir d’Zänn gewäscht? Did you brush your teeth?.In questions, the same rule applies: the reflexive pronoun stays as close to the subject as possible, allowing for correct verb placement: Ech hu mech haut ëm d’Iessen gekëmmert.In statements, the reflexive pronoun should come directly after the conjugated verb, or as close to the subject as possible ( while maintaining verb-second position). Let’s illustrate this with the verb sech tommelen to hurry up. ![]() The only difference is that you always need the reflexive pronoun with it. The present tense of Luxembourgish reflexive verbs is used in the same way as an ordinary verb. The Luxembourgish reflexive verb is used either in the accusative Case or in the dative Case. That’s why the Luxembourgish cases are so important to learn. ![]() But in which situations do Luxembourgers use a reflexive verb? This is used…ġ to describe things you do (to yourself)Ģ to describe a change (sech tommelen: to hurry up, sech undoen: to get dressed)Īnd of course – Luxembourgish wouldn’t be Luxembourgish if this rule didn’t depend on the case. Luxembourgish reflexive verbs are commonly used in the Luxembourgish language and you will hear them on a daily basis. ![]() ![]() Ech konzentréiere(n) mech op den Test.Mech is the object pronoun of the sentence. I wash (myself) everyday.Įch is the subject of the sentence. For example: mech myself, dech yourself, sech himself, eis ourselves… 2 But what is a reflexive pronoun?Ī reflexive pronoun is an object pronoun. Luxembourgish reflexive verbs are used in connection with a reflexive pronoun. In other words, whoever is speaking is doing an action to himself. A Luxembourgish reflexive verb describes an action of someone (subject) where the action reflects back to the subject. ![]()
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