Breakdown of Freust du dich auf die Hitze? Ich friere!
ich
I
du
you (informal singular)
sich freuen auf
to look forward to (with auf)
frieren
to freeze
die Hitze
the heat
Questions & Answers about Freust du dich auf die Hitze? Ich friere!
Why is there a dich in this sentence?
The verb sich freuen (to be glad / to look forward to) is a reflexive verb in German. Since the subject is du, you must use the matching reflexive pronoun dich (yourself), even though we don't say "look yourself forward" in English.
Why do we use the preposition auf here?
In German, you do not look "forward to" something. Instead, the fixed expression for looking forward to a future event is sich freuen auf.
Why is die Hitze in the accusative case here?
Even though auf is a two-way preposition that sometimes takes the dative case when talking about location, the specific verb combination sich freuen auf always forces the following noun into the accusative case.
How could we connect these two thoughts using trotzdem (nevertheless) in Position 1?
You could say: Ich friere. Trotzdem freust du dich auf die Hitze? (I am freezing. Nevertheless are you looking forward to the heat?). Notice that when trotzdem takes Position 1, the conjugated verb freust must come right after it in Position 2, pushing the subject du to Position 3!
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