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This lesson will cover basic German pronouns in what are called the subject (nominative), direct object (accusative), indirect object (dative) and the possessive (genitive) case. The dative and genitive cases will come later and are only posted here for reference.
[edit] The Nominative Pronouns
| German |
English |
| ich |
I |
| du |
you (informal) |
| er/sie/es |
he, she, it |
| wir |
we |
| ihr |
you (plural & informal; similar to y'all) |
| sie |
they |
| Sie |
you (formal singular & plural) |
German pronouns mostly have direct equivalents in English. Sie, when capitalized, is a formal means of addressing either one person or many.
[edit] The Accusative Pronouns
Note: for non-German speakers, the differences between accusative and nominative cases can be confusing. It is helping to think of them as the "direct object case" and the "subject case".
| German |
English |
| mich |
me |
| dich |
you (informal) |
| ihn/sie/es |
him, her, it |
| uns |
us |
| euch |
you (plural & informal) |
| sie |
they |
| Sie |
you (formal singular & plural) |
[edit] The Dative Pronouns
| German |
English |
| mir |
to me |
| dir |
to you (informal) |
| ihm/ihr/ihm |
to him, to her, to it |
| uns |
to us |
| euch |
to you (plural & informal) |
| ihnen |
to them |
| Ihnen |
to you (formal singular & plural) |
[edit] The Genitive Pronouns
| German |
English |
| meiner |
my |
| deiner |
your (informal) |
| siener/ihrer/seiner |
his, hers, its |
| unser |
our |
| euer |
your (plural & informal) |
| ihrer |
their |
| Ihrer |
your (formal singular & plural) |
