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Lesson 41 of 69 · A2, Unit 4: Health, feelings, and people

Feelings and personality

Many feelings are reflexive verbs in German: sich freuen (to be pleased), sich ärgern (to be annoyed), sich langweilen (to be bored). Others use sein + adjective: Ich bin traurig, Ich bin nervös.

To describe character, use sein + adjective, and soften it with ziemlich (quite) or ein bisschen (a bit): Er ist ein bisschen schüchtern.

By the end you can:

  • say how you feel with adjectives and reflexive verbs
  • describe someone's personality
  • react to someone else's news with sympathy or pleasure

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