How to Say ‘Do (for yourself)’ in German
Machen Sie sich
MAKH-en zee zikh
[MAKH-en zee zikh]
💬 Usage Tip: Reflexive structure: sich Sorgen machen = to worry. German builds it as make yourself worries.
🇩🇪 In Germany: The Sie form keeps it polite and professional, ideal for doctor-patient speech.
Phrase Breakdown
Machen
[MAKH-en]
make / do
From 'machen'; in this phrase it forms 'sich Sorgen machen' meaning 'to worry'.
Machen Sie sich keine Sorgen.
Don't worry.
Sie
[zee]
you
Formal 'you' used when speaking politely to one person or more than one person.
Machen Sie sich keine Sorgen.
Don't worry.
sich
[zikh]
yourself
Reflexive pronoun used with verbs like 'sich Sorgen machen'.
Machen Sie sich keine Sorgen.
Don't worry.
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