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A1 · SUPPLEMENTARY GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Personal pronouns in nominative accusative and dative

Choose a pronoun according to its role and the verb or preposition. The word for he can become ihn or ihm. Formal Sie stays capitalized in all its forms. Genitive personal pronouns such as meiner and deiner are uncommon in everyday beginner speech; do not use them as ordinary possessive determiners.

Reference

SubjectAccusativeDative
ichmichmir
dudichdir
er / sie / esihn / sie / esihm / ihr / ihm
wirunsuns
ihreucheuch
sie / Siesie / Sieihnen / Ihnen

Try four exercises

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1. Ich sehe Paul. Ich sehe ___.
Answer and explanation

ihn

Sehen takes accusative: er becomes ihn.

2. Ich helfe Anna. Ich helfe ___.
Answer and explanation

ihr

Helfen takes dative: sie becomes ihr.

3. Das Geschenk ist für ___. (you, informal singular)
Answer and explanation

dich

Für requires accusative: dich.

4. Kann ich ___ helfen? (formal you)
Answer and explanation

Ihnen

Helfen requires dative, and formal Ihnen is capitalized.

Use it yourself

Write or say two new sentences using this pattern. Compare the forms and word order with the reference above.

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