schau meine stadt an would technically be correct as well

but including dir gives it a sound of strolling through it experiencing it first hadn

like dave said, for your own pelasure

its a decent thought to keep in mind

it would also work on the opposite sense, mind you

for example

let's say you have a friend who's about to come to your city

and you told him not to ocme because it's a shitty place

then he comes anyway

and you say

schau dir mein stadt

he talks about *sich anschauen* but he uses dativ personal pronoun why

it's like

yeah

and everybody in this thread does

take a fucking look at how shitty it is

it makes it more personal, more emotive, more feel-based

looks like sich is universal in 3rd person

but sich anschauen cannot become *ich schaue mir*

it would become *ich schaue mich an*

yes it can

ich/mir
sich/sich

no

sich goes into both options

*it just works*

@rogalik nigger what's the dativ

of sich

sir?

no

also honestly these are such minutia of language

not even a native speaker knows about probably

evidently

get a better grasp of the basics first

and get an ear for these things

you are being extremely inefficient with your studying method

oh god

what a patronising cunt

shut up

and get the fuck out

im giving you advice