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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
1y
if I had a cent for every time I looked for what a German word means, and it ended up also being the name of a city, I'd have......many cents
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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no but seriously now, this sentence confuses me (not because of the meaning, but because of the structure)
wenden Sie sich an mich
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
1y
"go you yourself by myself" or something like that? I guess it's one of those where it doesn't make sense to try to understand it from an english perspective
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SillyDemon @SillyDemon@eepycats.place
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@kitten yes translation word by word doesn't quite work here. German sentences are structured differently.

z.B. "kann ich Ihnen weiterhelfen?"
-> can I you further help.
meaning a formal "can i help you?"
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
1y
@SillyDemon tbh the sentence you used as example at least only mentions "you" once ​:neocat_laugh_sweat:​
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SillyDemon @SillyDemon@eepycats.place
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@kitten well yes your example has Sie and sich but Sie as addressing the person and sich in the meaning that the person should take the action.

The opposite would be.

Ich wende mich an Sie.
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Ich werde mich an Sie wenden.

Depending on tempus

So -> I go myself to you
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SillyDemon @SillyDemon@eepycats.place
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@kitten we have something similar I'm English.

e.g.
Can you do something yourself.

Können Sie etwas selber tun.

Can you care for yourself

Können Sie sich um sich selber kümmern.
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