{"id":16117,"date":"2015-10-07T10:23:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T09:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=16117"},"modified":"2015-10-07T10:23:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T09:23:14","slug":"du-ihr-and-sie-german-polite-form-with-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/16117\/du-ihr-and-sie-german-polite-form-with-video","title":{"rendered":"Du, ihr and Sie &#8211; German Polite Form with Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Polite-Form.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Polite-Form-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Polite-Form\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16125\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Polite-Form-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Polite-Form.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #faaf0f;\">German Polite Form<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>When to use du, ihr and Sie?<\/h3>\n<p>\n In English, there is only one word to say <strong>you<\/strong> while in German there are three. <\/p>\n<p> The informal word is <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">du<\/span><\/strong> in the singular and <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">ihr<\/span><\/strong> in the plural. In the formal form, both singular and plural is <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">Sie<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can now learn even more on this topic with the help of a fun animation and a grammar quiz. Simply check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/module.php?id=37\">Number Lesson<\/a> in level A1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 50%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 80%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XtpL_-lQbCs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t worry \u2013 the rule for when to use each of these three words is quite straight forward and easy to understand. Let&#8217;s have another look at German subject pronouns first:\n <\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Table: German Subject Pronouns<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"grammar-table\">\n<tr>\n<th width=\"130\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"152\">German<\/th>\n<th width=\"152\">English<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><b>Singular<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1st person<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">ich<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">I<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2nd person<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">du \/ Sie<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">you (informal) \/ you (formal)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3rd person<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">er \/ sie \/ es<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">he \/ she \/ it<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><b>Plural<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1st person<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">wir<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">we<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2nd person<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">ihr \/ Sie<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">you (informal) \/ you (formal)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3rd person<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">sie<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">they<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n<br \/>\n<strong>Note:<\/strong> German subject pronouns only have a capital letter when they begin the sentence. The only exception to this is the polite pronoun <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">Sie<\/span><\/strong> which always begins with a capital <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">S<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><u>Table: You, formal and informal<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"grammar-table\">\n<tr>\n<th width=\"152\"><\/th>\n<th width=\"152\">Informal<\/th>\n<th width=\"152\">Formal<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Singular<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">du<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">Sie<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Plural<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">ihr<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">Sie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Singular Forms<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The word <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">du<\/span><\/strong> is used when you talk to one person who you know very well, like your family and your friends. The word <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">du<\/span><\/strong> is also used for children.\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong><br \/>\nHast <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">du<\/span><\/strong> Lust ins Kino zu gehen? \u21e8 Do you fancy going to the cinema?<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The word <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">Sie<\/span><\/strong> is used when you talk to one person who you don&#8217;t know so well or who holds authority over you, like your boss and strangers.<\/li>\n<p>\n<strong>For example:<\/strong><br \/>\nEntschuldigen Sie, k\u00f6nnen <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">Sie<\/span><\/strong> mir sagen, wo der Bahnhof ist? \u21e8 Excuse me, can you tell me where the train station is?<\/ul>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Plural Forms<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The word <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">ihr<\/span><\/strong> is used when you talk to more than one person who you know very well.\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">Ihr<\/span><\/strong> m\u00fcsst jetzt ins Bett gehen. \u21e8 You have to go to bed now.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The word <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">Sie<\/span><\/strong> is also used when you talk to more than one person who you don&#8217;t know so well.\n<p>  <strong>For example:<\/strong> <br \/>\n  Was m\u00f6chten <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">Sie<\/span><\/strong> trinken? \u21e8 What would you like to drink?\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"grammar-table\">\n<tr>\n<th>Tip<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">In most cases you should start off using the informal <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">du<\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">ihr<\/span><\/strong> forms as you will most likely be practising with people you know and interact with often. Get comfortable with these first and then move onto the <strong><span style=\"color: #de2c2c;\">Sie<\/span><\/strong> form. Do not worry if you use the wrong one as you will still be understood.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German Polite Form When to use du, ihr and Sie? In English, there is only one word to say you while in German there are three. The informal word is du in the singular and ihr in the plural. In the formal form, both singular and plural is Sie. You can now learn even more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,3,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16117"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16117"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16128,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16117\/revisions\/16128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}