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Reciprocal verbs in German, such as "sich" and "sie," indicate that the action described by the verb is being performed by multiple people on each other.
The reflexive pronoun "sich" or "sie" is used to refer to the reciprocal action that is being performed between the subjects of the sentence. For example,
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English
Wir umarmen uns.
We hug each other.
Here, "uns" is the reflexive pronoun indicating that the hugging is mutual between the subjects "we".
Reciprocal Verbs: sie...sich
Reciprocal verbs indicate a relation between several subjects or objects. Hence, they have the special feature that they are only used in the plural with wir...uns, ihr...euch, and sie...sich.
German
English
Wir kennen uns von der Uni.
We know each other from university.
Ihr habt euch gestritten.
You were arguing.
Die beiden Freunde sehen sich.
The two friends see each other.
Quiz
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Choose the correct form of the reciprocal verb: Sie schreiben ___ viele Nachrichten.
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correct answers.