{"id":889,"date":"2010-05-20T20:08:49","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T19:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=889"},"modified":"2013-09-29T16:54:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T15:54:00","slug":"how-german-personal-pronouns-change-with-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/889\/how-german-personal-pronouns-change-with-case","title":{"rendered":"How German Personal Pronouns Change with Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

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German Pronouns<\/h3>\n

German personal pronouns are a little more complicated than in English (no surprise there!). It can be tricky to get to grips with but learning the different forms is a vital step in learning the German language. The form that the personal pronoun takes is dependent on the case<\/a> of the sentence. The table below will show you which form fits with which case<\/a>. Learn and enjoy the German language with Jabba<\/span><\/strong>lab<\/span><\/strong>! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Personal Pronouns and the Cases<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Pronoun<\/th>\nNominative<\/th>\nAccusative<\/th>\nDative<\/th>\nGenitive<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
ich<\/strong><\/td>\nich<\/td>\nmich<\/td>\nmir<\/td>\nmein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
du<\/strong><\/td>\ndu<\/td>\ndich<\/td>\ndir<\/td>\ndein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
er \/ sie \/ es<\/strong><\/td>\ner \/ sie \/ es<\/td>\nihn \/ sie \/ es<\/td>\nihm \/ ihr \/ ihm<\/td>\nsein \/ ihr \/ sein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
wir<\/strong><\/td>\nwir<\/td>\nuns<\/td>\nuns<\/td>\nunser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ihr<\/strong><\/td>\nihr<\/td>\neuch<\/td>\neuch<\/td>\neuer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sie \/ Sie<\/strong><\/td>\nsie \/ Sie<\/td>\nsie \/ Sie<\/td>\nihnen \/ Ihnen<\/td>\nihr \/ Ihr<\/td>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The genitive case is almost never used in a personal pronoun situation as the genitive case by its nature relates to possesion (whose…). Therefore the above table has the genitive possesive adjectives instead of the personal pronouns. If you want to find out more about them read our blog German Possessive Adjectives<\/a>. <\/p>\n

A Few Examples of the German Personal Pronoun<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let’s have a look at some examples to help cement the idea of the German personal pronoun. We have put questions after the sentences to show you why the sentence is that specific case<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Nominative Case:<\/h3>\n

Du<\/strong> spielst heute Fu\u00dfball. (You play football today.) \u21e8 Who<\/span><\/strong> plays football?<\/p>\n

Er<\/strong> singt ein Lied. (He sings a song.) \u21e8 Who<\/span><\/strong> sings a song?<\/p>\n

Wir<\/strong> kochen gerne. (We like cooking.) \u21e8 Who<\/span><\/strong> likes cooking?<\/p>\n

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The Accusative Case:<\/h3>\n

Ich sehe dich<\/strong>. (I see you.) \u21e8 Who<\/span><\/strong> do I see?<\/p>\n

Ich liebe euch<\/strong> alle. (I love you all.) \u21e8 Who<\/span><\/strong> do I love?<\/p>\n

Sie m\u00f6gen uns<\/strong>. (They like us.) \u21e8 Who<\/span><\/strong> do they like?<\/p>\n

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The Dative Case:<\/h3>\n

Ich gebe ihm<\/strong> einen Kuss. (I give him a kiss) \u21e8 Who<\/span><\/strong> did I give a kiss to<\/span><\/strong>?<\/p>\n

Ich helfe ihr<\/strong> beim Putzen. (I help her to clean.) \u21e8 Who<\/span><\/strong> did I give help to<\/span><\/strong>?<\/p>\n

Er bringt mir<\/strong> ein Glas Wein. (He is getting me a glass of wine.) \u21e8 Who<\/span><\/strong> did he give a glass wine to<\/span><\/strong>?<\/p>\n

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The Genitive Case:<\/h3>\n

Das ist mein<\/strong> Haus. (That’s my house) \u21e8 Whose<\/span><\/strong> house is it?<\/p>\n

Das ist ihr<\/strong> Auto. (That’s her car.) \u21e8 Whose<\/span><\/strong> car is it?<\/p>\n

Sein<\/strong> Handy ist kaputt. (His mobile is broken.) \u21e8 Whose<\/span><\/strong> mobile is broken?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

German Pronouns German personal pronouns are a little more complicated than in English (no surprise there!). It can be tricky to get to grips with but learning the different forms is a vital step in learning the German language. The form that the personal pronoun takes is dependent on the case of the sentence. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15227,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions\/15227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}