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.)