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Das Pronomen
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das Pronomen
The German Cases
The Pronoun (das Pronomen)
The Personal Pronoun (das Personalpronomen)
- A Personal
Pronoun stands for a person or thing.
- Ex: Er
ist sein Bruder. (He is his brother.) (nominative)Ex:
Wir haben sie letzte Woche besucht. (We visited her
last week.) (accusative)
Ex:
Sie schreibt ihr einen Brief. (She is writing her
a letter.) (dative)
| (German)
nominative |
(English)
subjective |
(German)
accusative |
(English)
direct
object |
(German)
dative |
(English)
indirect
object |
| ich |
I |
mich |
me |
mir |
me |
| du |
you |
dich |
you |
dir |
you |
| er |
he, it |
ihn |
him, it |
ihm |
him, it |
| es |
it |
es |
it |
ihm |
it |
| sie |
she, it |
sie |
her, it |
ihr |
her, it |
| wir |
we |
uns |
us |
uns |
us |
| ihr |
you |
euch |
you |
euch |
you |
| sie |
they |
sie |
them |
ihnen |
them |
| Sie |
you |
Sie |
you |
Ihnen |
you |
The Reflexive Pronoun (das Reflexivpronomen)
- A Reflexive Pronoun refers
to the subject of the sentance or clause.
- Ex: Ich
ziehe mich an. (I am dressing myself.) (accusative)
| accusative |
dative |
direct/indirect object |
| mich |
mir |
myself |
| dich |
dir |
yourself |
| sich |
sich |
himself, itself |
| sich |
sich |
itself |
| sich |
sich |
herself, itself |
| uns |
uns |
ourselves |
| euch |
euch |
yourselves |
| sich |
sich |
themselves |
| sich |
sich |
yourself, yourselves |
The Interrogative Pronoun (das Interrogativpronomen)
- Interrogative Pronouns introduce
a question. (In English, these are: who, which, that,
whom, and et
cetera).
- Ex: Was
ist los?
(What is going on?)Ex: Wen
meinst du? (Who do you mean?)
|
for
persons |
for
things |
| nominative |
wer (who) |
was (what) |
| accusative |
wen (whom) |
was (what) |
| dative |
wem (whom) |
|
| genitive |
wessen (whose) |
|
The Relative (das Relativpronomen) and the Demonstrative (das Demonstrativpronomen) Pronoun
- Relative Pronouns introduce
an adjective or a noun clause in a sentance. (In
English, these are: which, who, whom, and et
cetera).
Ex: Das Buch,das du meinst, ist nicht hier.(The book that you mean is not here.)
- Demonstrative Pronouns
point to a particular thing or groups of things. (In
English, these are: this, that, these, and
those).
Ex: Nein, der ist zu klein. (No, that is too
small.)
|
masculine |
neutral |
feminine |
plural |
| nominative |
der |
das |
die |
die |
| accusative |
den |
das |
die |
die |
| dative |
dem |
dem |
der |
denen |
| genitive |
dessen |
dessen |
deren |
deren |