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Personal Pronouns German

This document provides information on personal pronouns in German. It discusses that pronouns are used as shortcuts to refer to nouns and are identified by context. German pronouns follow cases, number, and gender. The personal pronouns refer to the speaker, person addressed, and other people or things mentioned. Personal pronouns have distinct forms to show number, case, and gender in the third person. Tables then provide examples of the nominative, accusative, and dative cases for personal pronouns in German.

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Personal Pronouns German

This document provides information on personal pronouns in German. It discusses that pronouns are used as shortcuts to refer to nouns and are identified by context. German pronouns follow cases, number, and gender. The personal pronouns refer to the speaker, person addressed, and other people or things mentioned. Personal pronouns have distinct forms to show number, case, and gender in the third person. Tables then provide examples of the nominative, accusative, and dative cases for personal pronouns in German.

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PERSONAL PRONOUNS

IN GERMAN

‘ PERSONAL PRONOMENS ’
 A pronoun in German as well as in English is like a
shortcut to refer to a noun.

 A word that stands for or represents a noun or noun


phrase, a pronoun is identified only in the context of the
sentence in which it is used.

 In German pronouns use is governed by cases


(nominative, accusative, dative, genitive), number and
gender.
 The so-called "personal" pronouns are used to refer to
the speaker, the person addressed and other persons or
things which just happen to be mentioned.

 These personal pronouns have distinct forms to


indicate number, case and in the third person, gender.
Nominative of the personal pronoun
Nominative of the personal pronoun
Singular Plural
ich  I wir  We

you you
du  ihr 
(informal) (informal)

Sie  you (formal) Sie  you (formal)

er  he sie  They


sie  she  
es  it  

Examples-

1. Hier ist das Pferd. Es heißt Shergar.


(Here is the horse. It is called Shergar.)

2. Hier ist der Kaffee. Er schmeckt gut.


(Here is the coffee. It tastes good.)
Accusative of the personal pronoun
Accusative of the personal pronoun
Singular Plural
mich  me uns  us

dich  you euch  you


(informal) (informal)

Sie  you Sie  you


(formal) (formal)
ihn  him sie  they
sie  her  
es  it  

Examples-

1. Das freut mich.
(That pleases me.)

2. Die Frau mag uns, Sebastian.


(The woman likes us, Sebastian.)
Dative of the personal pronoun
Dative of the personal pronoun
Singular     Plural
mir  to me     uns  to us
dir  to you     euch  to you
(informal) (informal)

Ihnen  to you     Ihnen  to you


(formal) (formal)

ihm  to him     ihnen  to them

ihr  to her      


ihm  to it      

Examples-

Ich spiele mit dem Pferd. Ich spiele mit ihm.


(I am playing with the horse. I'm playing with it.)
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