Lesson 1: PERSONAL PRONOUNS
When the personal pronoun is the direct object of the
sentence, it is used in the accusative case.
Some verbs are used in conjunction with accusative pronouns. The
accusative personal pronouns are shown below.
| |
Singular |
Plural |
| First Person |
mich (me) |
uns (us)
|
| Second Person |
dich (you)
|
euch (you all)
|
|
Sie (formal ‘you’)
|
Sie (formal)
|
| Third Person |
ihn (him)
sie (her)
es (it)
|
sie (they) |
Finally, personal pronouns can also be the indirect
object of the sentence. Some
verbs are used in conjunction with dative pronouns. The pronoun forms in
the dative case are as follows.
| |
Singular |
Plural |
| First Person |
mir (me)
|
uns (us)
|
| Second Person |
dir (you)
|
euch (you all)
|
|
Ihnen (formal ‘you’)
|
Ihnen (formal)
|
| Third Person |
ihm (him)
ihr (her)
ihm (it)
|
ihnen (they) |
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