"She sits down."

Translation: Sie setzt sich.

[doublelingot]

Sie setzt sich hin. ("She sits down", lit. "She seats herself")

[eshan943679]

Sitzen vs Setzen?

[mizinamo]

sitzen = to sit. To be in a seated position.

setzen = to seat, to set, to place. To put something into a "seated" position.

sich setzen = to sit down. To move into a seated position.

[Ubeeric]

I'm not good w/ grammer. Just a simple reason why sich is needed bitte.

[biertopf]

"sich setzen" is a reflexive verb in German.
English reflexive verb examples:
- to cut oneself
- to introduce oneself

[Eric-Ubelhor]

Thanks. In English we leave off the "oneself" or at least it's optional. Is it the same in German?

[MortiBiRD]

The reflexive version just describes that the person that does the action is also the object of the action. So setzen comes always with an object or a reflexive pronoun (sich/mich etc.) as a "replacement object".

Ich setze mich auf den Stuhl. Ich setze das Baby auf den Stuhl.

[az_p]

It's not optional in English in those examples. "I introduce" and "I introduce myself" have different meanings. Think of it similarly for the German reflexive verbs - they're incorrect or just different without the reflexive pronoun.

It can be tricky to remember which verbs are reflexive in German though, especially when they don't correspond to a reflexive verb in English. That's something I still struggle with too! Just need to keep practising...

[walter681731]

"Sie setzt sich nieder." Sollte akzeptiert werden

[beakypeartree]

Is "sie setzt sich ab" correct? It didnt accept it

[mizinamo]

Is "sie setzt sich ab" correct?

No.

[beakypeartree]

Can you elaborate?