Why do they say in German " Freust du dich........." and not Freust du......." Why the dich extra
Use of du and dich
Matie-v
July 28, 2011
moti--
November 16, 2011
dich is not extra.they have some verbs that are basically with sich.i am Persian we have some special verbs in our language too.where are you from
Paul-Weber
March 21, 2012
hello Matie v,
Sorry for late reply. The verb in the sentence "Freust du dich?" is sich freuen. In spoken language often the "du" is not said: "Freust dich?".
I hope this helps!
Paul
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