Breakdown of Она обижается на такие слова.
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
слово
word
такой
such / so / what ... is
обижаться
to take offence
Questions & Answers about Она обижается на такие слова.
Wait, the lesson is about emotion verbs taking the Dative case. Why doesn't обижается take the Dative here?
While many reflexive emotion verbs like радоваться (to be glad) and удивляться (to be surprised) take the Dative case directly, обижаться (to take offense) behaves differently. It requires the preposition на followed by the Accusative case to show what or who is causing the offense.
How does the -ся ending change the meaning of this verb?
The non-reflexive verb обижать means to offend or insult someone else. Adding the reflexive -ся ending turns the action back on the subject, changing the meaning to getting offended or taking offense.
What case is такие слова in this sentence? It looks like the Nominative case.
It is in the Accusative plural because it follows the preposition на. It looks exactly like the Nominative case because слова (words) is an inanimate noun. For inanimate nouns in the plural, the Accusative case is always identical to the Nominative.
Why is такие слова translated as words like that instead of such words?
In Russian, такие literally translates to such. While you could translate this as taking offense at such words, conversational English usually prefers words like that. Both are completely correct ways to understand такие.