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Practicing reflexive verbs and pronounsSo far, we have practiced two aspects of reflexive verbs:- Using them by themselves in a simple sentence (without time). - And using them with an information of time at the beginning of the sentence In the latter case, we learned that we have to switch the position of the subject and the first verb exactly as we learned it from earlier in this lesson (when we did not use reflexive verbs). Now, we want to use reflexive verbs together with an information of time in the middle of the sentence. Remember the one rule on page 4. It said:
When using reflexive verbs and reflexive pronouns, you do not really have a choice of where to place your information of time, meaning whether to put it behind the first verb or behind the direct object. You have to put the information of time behind the direct object. This is because the 1st verb and the reflexive pronoun have be adjacent in the sentence. Therefore you are only left with the second option of the rule above, which we now rephrase to fit the usage of reflexive verbs with information of time:
Exercise Bring the following sentences in order. Figure out from the capitalization, which part goes to the beginning of the sentence. Also try to give a reason for the order you picked in each case. Example: Heute - freue - mich - ich Heute freue ich mich. 1) duschst - später - Du - dich
 2) erkältet - Reiner - oft - sich
3) sie - unterhalten - Immer - sich
4) morgens - sich - Er - rasiert
5) amüsieren - Am Abend - uns - wir
6) unterhalte - gerade - mich - Ich - mit Steffen (difficult!)
Exercise Translate the following sentences into German. Put the information of time at the beginning of the sentence, whenever it is placed there in the English sentence. Example: I'm shaving at seven o'clock. Ich rasiere mich um sieben Uhr.
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Course 1
Lesson 5
Course 2
