Love and falling out

trennen, and the reflexive you already have

The course carded sich trennen (to split up) @L116. The bare verb is transitive and means to separate one thing from another — no relationship required.

trennento separate (something)Ein Fluss *trennt die beiden Länder.*
sich trennento split up, to partSie haben *sich letztes Jahr getrennt.*
A wide river separates the two countries.
Ein breiter Fluss trennt die beiden Länder.

verliebt is a participle, not a verb

verliebt is the past participle of sich verlieben used as an adjective, exactly the pattern from L196. It takes the preposition in with the ACCUSATIVE — motion-like, even though nobody moves.

Er ist in sie verliebt.

der Liebling

The suffix -ling (L455) makes a person-noun; der Liebling is the darling or the favourite, and as a first element in a compound it means favourite: mein Lieblingsbuch.

This song is my favourite.
Dieses Lied ist mein Liebling.

einsam is not allein

allein is a fact about how many people are present; einsam is a feeling about it. A person can be allein and perfectly content, or einsam in a crowded room.

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