German is cool
In English, we say things like “the president annoys me”. Now, be honest - that’s not really true. Someone else can’t inflict annoyance upon you; you allow yourself to become annoyed in response to someone. That’s why you can choose to ignore it (though in some specific cases, it takes a lot of effort).
In German, we say “Ich ärgere mich über dem Präsident”. It’s a reflexive verb, thus, litterally translated, it means “I annoy myself about the president”.
Ain’t that the truth…
Update: Fixed the grammar… German may be cool, but it’s hard. Who ever heard of having to conjugate nouns???
