Ich kaufe (mir) einen neuen Computer.
I buy (myself) a new computer.See 19.2 (p. 26) for the dative and 37.3 (p. 88) on reflexive verbs.
Note especially the S=adj. pattern, usually with zu, with the meaning ‘too... for me/
him, etc.’/‘as far as I/he, etc., is concerned’ (see 19.9 on the dative):Das ist mir (zu) wichtig.
That is (too) important for/to me.Sie ist mir zu klug.
She is too clever for my liking.(k) The following unusual completion patterns should be noted:mich friert ‘I am freezing’
mir ist kalt ‘I am cold’
mir ist warm ‘I am warm’
mir ist heiß ‘I am hot’See^30 (pp. 54–7).
Er ist warm/kalt is a statement about a person’s character, not about temperature,
and Ich bin heiß means ‘I am sexually aroused’, and should only be used of animals
in polite discourse (die Hündin ist heiß ‘the bitch is on heat’). Be careful!42
Basic sentence patterns