Declension of the German personal pronoun

Declension of the personal pronoun.

Helping questions for determining the cases:

Nominative case: (wer?), (was?), - The subject of a sentence, that which carries out the action

Accusative case: (wen?) who?,  (was?) what? - The direct object, that which is acted upon; (wohin?) where to? where from?

Dative case. (wem?) to who?, whom? (wo?) where?

Genitive case. (wessen?) whose?

Case	Singular
	Person I	Person II	Person III masculine	Person III feminine	Person III  neuter
Nominative	ich = I	du = you	er = he	sie = she	es = it
Accusative	mich = me	dich = you	ihn = him	sie = her	es = it
Dative	mir = me	dir = you	ihm = him	ihr = her	ihm = it
Genitive	meiner = mine	deiner = yours	seiner = his	ihrer = hers	seiner = its

Case	Plural
	Person I	Person II	Person III
Nominative	wir = we	ihr = you	sie= they
Accusative	uns = us	euch = you	sie = them
Dative	uns = us	euch = you	ihnen = them
Genitive	unser = ours	euer = yours	ihrer = theirs

Accusative - examples:

▶ 1st person, singular: Jemand hat mich angerufen! (Somebody called me.)

▶ 2nd person, singular: Ich habe dich gestern in der Stadt gesehen. (I saw you yesterday in the city)

▶ 3rd person, singular: Ich habe sie gern. (I like her.)

 

▶ 1st person, plural: Wir haben uns vor zwei Jahre gesehen. (We saw eachother (us) two years ago.)

▶ 2nd person, plural: Thomas hat euch gefragt ob es euch gut geht. (Thomas asked if you feel right.)

▶ 3rd person, plural: Er hat sie nach Hause geschickt. (He sent her home)

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Dative - examples:

▶ 1st person, singular: Dieses Auto gehört mir! (This care belongs to me)

▶ 2nd person, singular: Geht es dir gut? (Are you fine?)

▶ 3rd person, singular: Ihm ist schlecht. (Him is bad - He is feeling bad.)

 

▶ 1st person, plural: Sag uns die Wahrheit! (Tell us the truth!)

▶ 2nd person, plural: Gefällt euch die Musik? (Do you like the music?)

▶ 3rd person, plural: Ihnen schmeckt die Suppe nicht. (They don't like the supe.)

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Genitive - examples:

▶ 1st person, singular: Der Hund meiner Freund ist ein Rotweiler. (My dog is a Rottweiler.)

▶ 2nd person, singular: Das Auto deiner Vater ist schön. (Your fathers car is nice.)

▶ 3rd person, singular: Die Mutter seiner Freundin ist Krank. (The mother of his girlfriend is sick)

 

▶ 1st person, plural: Unser Haus ist rot. (Our house is red.) 

▶ 2nd person, plural: Wo ist euer Hund? (Where is your dog?)

▶ 3rd person, plural: Ihrer Kind hat sich im Wald verlaufen. (Their child got lost in the woods.)