Hi Kartik, Basically, a verb is said to be reflexive when its subject and its object are the same person (or thing). For example, as a direct object: “He cut himself” -- “He” and “himself” refer to the same subject so you’d write, “Er hat sich geschnitten”. (as opposed to “I cut the bread,” where you’d write, “Er hat es [das Brot] geschnitten”.). Here is an example for an indirect object: “He bought himself a tie” -- “Er kaufte sich eine Krawatte". vs. "He bought him [his brother] a tie" -- “Er kaufte ihm [seinem Bruder] eine Krawatte”. You can read a pretty good summary of this at: http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar/reflexexpl.html I hope this helps! Mike