Breakdown of Jede Reise bringt auch Risiken mit sich.
auch
also, too
die Reise
the trip / the journey
jeder
everyone / each
das Risiko
the risk
mit sich bringen
to entail
Questions & Answers about Jede Reise bringt auch Risiken mit sich.
Why use bringt ... mit sich instead of just bringt?
The phrase etwas mit sich bringen is a fixed expression meaning 'to entail', 'to involve', or 'to bring about'. While bringen alone just means 'to bring', adding mit sich (literally 'with itself') is the standard way to express that a situation naturally carries certain consequences or side effects with it.
Why is the pronoun sich used here instead of ihr for 'it'?
Because the subject (Jede Reise) is the exact same entity that the risks are coming with, German requires a reflexive pronoun. For any third-person subject (he, she, it, or they), the reflexive pronoun is always sich, even for inanimate objects like a trip.
The singular word for risk is das Risiko. Why is the plural Risiken and not Risikos?
Risiko is a loanword. While many foreign words ending in -o take an -s in the plural (like die Autos or die Kinos), das Risiko is a common exception. Its standard plural form changes the ending to -en, becoming die Risiken.
Could you put auch somewhere else in the sentence?
It is best placed exactly where it is. By putting auch directly before Risiken, it specifically highlights that risks are 'also' part of the package, right alongside the expected positive experiences of traveling.
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