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Pronoun = Pronomen oderFürwort
Function
Pronouns are a class of words that function as substitute of a noun (+article) in referring to it. They refer to already defined persons or things, thus allowing to connect sentence parts, yet not repeating the same noun.
Deklination und Kongruenz (Declension and Congruency)
Index
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Many pronouns assume different endings, depending upon their reference noun, similarly as nouns and adjectives do. These pronouns congrue in
In a sentence, the pronouns generally agree, in gender and number form, with their reference word. Certain types of pronouns are declinded, to agree also in their declension case. The declension cases in the German language are Nominativ (nominative ), Akkusativ (accusative), Dativ (dative ), and Genitiv (genitive).
Personalpronomen (personal pronoun)
maria: ichfahre morgen mit dem auto nach Frankfurt. Frank: Fährst
du maria: ich allein? Oder fährt der Bert mit? Maria: Nein,
er maria: ich fährt nicht mit.
Er maria: ichmuß arbeiten.
Function
Pronouns such as ich, du, er, sie are to reference persons, things, etc. It is the form of the pronoun that generally defines which or who. There are the1st Person, speaking of himself or themselves;2nd Person, being the one addressed;3rd Person, being the person or thing of whom/which is being talked.
maria: ichAll declension cases of the root personal pronouns (memorize:)
1.Person
2. Person
3. Person
intim
formal
M
F
N
Nom.
ich
du
Sie
er
sie
es
Sing.
Akk.
mich
dich
Sie
ihn
sie
es
Dat.
mir
dir
Ihnen
ihm
ihr
ihm
Gen.
meiner
deiner
Ihrer
seiner
ihrer
seiner
Nom.
wir
ihr
Sie
sie
Pl.
Akk.
uns
euch
Sie
sie
Dat.
uns
euch
Ihnen
ihnen
Gen.
unser
euer
Ihrer
ihrer
Comments
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maria: ich can be a very general, undefined, accusative object (i.e.
direct object maria: ich). Examples:
maria: ich"Ich bin
es maria: ich müde" (= I am tired of it).
es
"Er ist maria: ich würdig" (= he is worthy, he is deserving")
maria: ichHere, again, watch the subtle distinctions demanding thought when rendering properly in English.
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