| 4.2 Personal Pronouns in Basic Form (Nominative |
What is a pronoun? A pronoun is - as the word says - to substitute a noun. In a position pro- (for) noun. Have a look.
Germans
drink too much beer. |
| pronouns |
| ich | I |  |
| du | you | |
| er | he | |
| sie | she | |
| es | it | |
| wir | we | |
| ihr | you | |
| sie | they | |
You might have heard before that one of the crazy things
in German language is that everything has a gender, even
though it might be just a thing. They can be feminine,
masculine or neutral. And then there is absolutely no
logic in this issue. For instance is the German baby
a neutral.
| Das
Kind schläft. = The baby sleeps Es schläft. = It sleeps. |
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But there are other weird combinations, too.
| Der
Tisch ist braun. (masculine) = The
table is brown. Er ist braun. = He (It) is brown. Das Haus ist grün (neutrum) = The house is green. Es ist grün. = It is green. Die Tasse ist gelb. (feminine) = The cup is yellow Sie ist gelb. = She (it) is yellow. |
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Things only get easier in plural forms because there
is no difference between the genders of the words.
| Die
Frauen lesen. = The women are reading. Sie lesen = They are reading. Die Männer lesen. = The men are reading. Sie lesen = They are reading. Die Babys lesen. = The babies are reading. Sie lesen = They are reading. |
One big step is to learn the personal pronouns because you will need them a lot.
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