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Showing posts with label Personal Pronouns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Personal Pronouns. Show all posts

Apr 11, 2014

Personal Pronouns II

Personal Pronouns
We can use personal pronouns to replace a previously-introduced noun, speak about ourselves, or address other people. Personal pronouns have to be declined.
singular
plural
1st pers.
2nd pers.
3rd person
1st pers.
2nd pers.
3rd pers.
nominative
ich
du
er
sie
es
wir
ihr
sie
dative
mir
dir
ihm
ihr
ihm
uns
euch
ihnen
accusative
mich
dich
ihn
sie
es
uns
euch
sie
How use
1.      Personal pronouns in the 3rd person (er, sie, es) usually replace a previously-introduced noun.
Example:
Ich habe eine KatzeSie ist sehr niedlich.
2.      To avoid misunderstandings, it should always be clear which noun we are replacing (in case of doubt, it’s better to just repeat the noun).
Example:
Herr Schneider hatte einen WellensittichEr ist gestorben.
(Who – the budgerigar or Herr Schneider?)

3.      The pronoun can also be used in impersonal forms.
Example:
Es regnet. Es ist schon spät.
4.      The pronoun can also be a placeholder for an entire clause that comes later in the sentence.
Example:
Es freut mich, dass du mich besuchst.
(instead of: Dass du mich besuchst, freut mich.)
5.      We use personal pronouns in the first person (ich, wir) when we’re talking about ourselves.
Example:
Ich habe Hunger. Mir ist kalt.
Wir gehen ins Kino. Uns ist das egal.
6.      When we address other people, we use the personal pronouns in the 2nd person (du, ihr) or the polite formSie (identical to the 3rd personal plural, except that the pronoun is written with a capital letter).
Example:
Wie heißt du? Wie geht es dir?
Woher kommt ihr? Welche Musik gefällt euch?

Können Sie das bitte wiederholen? Kann ich Ihnen helfen?

Mar 31, 2014

Personal Pronouns I

Personal pronouns in the Accusative
NOMINATIVE
ACCUSATIVE
ich I
mich me
du you (fam.)
dich you
er he
sie
 she
es
 it
ihn him
sie
 her
es
 it
wir we
uns us
ihr you (guys)
euch you (guys)
sie they
sie them
Sie you (formal)
Sie you (formal)