"Mă uit în oglindă."

Translation: I look in the mirror.

[Lajos905235]

how would you say "I look at myself in the mirror"? "mă uit pe mine la oglindă"?

[coto.i]

I look at myself in the mirror. = Mă uit la mine (însumi) în oglindă.

[Lurch_M]

Or the more-natural-and-less-literal versions:

• (Eu) mă privesc în oglindă.
• (Eu) mă văd în oglindă.

[DavidJames297976]

yes! because privesc and văd are not reflexive verbs adding mă at the start makes it about myself. Whereas se uita is a reflexive verb so the mă does not convey the sense of looking at myself.

[WYubN152]

Why is Mă required at all? It seems to me like "uit în oglindă" would mean "I look in the mirror" by itself.

[Lurch_M]

You need the reflexive pronoun in this case, because:

• a uita = to forget
• a se uita = to look (e.g. at something)

[houdmoed]

I see myself in the mirror?