"befinden sich"
How to use the phrase "befinden sich" in a sentence?

For example, to express "where is the library?" in german we can say "Wo ist die Bibliothek?" or by using this phrase "Wo befindet sich die Bibliothek?"

Is it right? Here "die Bibliothek" is subject, "befinden" is verb, "sich" is akkusative object? Can we say"Wo befindet die Bibliothek sich?"

Literally, is it like"Where does the library locate itself?"

"Die Bibliothek befindet sich in der Nähe von der Mensa"

Here sich is akkusative, if the subject is "Ich" or "Du", should I change to "mich" or "dich"?

Is it Reflexivpronomen? The Reflexivpronomen is same with akkusative form of Pronomen?

Thank!

Question

"befinden sich"
How to use the phrase "befinden sich" in a sentence?

For example, to express "where is the library?" in german we can say "Wo ist die Bibliothek?" or by using this phrase "Wo befindet sich die Bibliothek?"

Is it right? Here "die Bibliothek" is subject, "befinden" is verb, "sich" is akkusative object? Can we say"Wo befindet die Bibliothek sich?"

Literally, is it like"Where does the library locate itself?"

"Die Bibliothek befindet sich in der Nähe von der Mensa"

Here sich is akkusative, if the subject is "Ich" or "Du", should I change to "mich" or "dich"?

Is it Reflexivpronomen? The Reflexivpronomen is same with akkusative form of Pronomen?

Thank!

Answer

I'll make it short and sweet...

You can say "Wo befindet sich die Bibliothek?" ("Where is the Libary located?") but you can't say "Wo befindet die Bibliothek sich?".

"Die Bibliothek befindet sich in der nähe der Mensa!"

If the Subject is "Ich" or "Du", then you say:
-"ICH befinde MICH in der nähe der Mensa!"
-"DU befindest DICH in der nähe der Mensa!"

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Hello Fanisco,
I will just add to Multani's answer that you'd  be aware not to literally translate from english to german when forming the german sentence or you would risk making your above mentioned mistake of seperating the two components of the reflexiv verb " sich befinden " .
As a rule such verbs don't seperate in any sentence structure .;)

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