Personal pronoun (Personalpronomen): German grammar

Pronouns that refer to specific people or things.

In German, personal pronouns change based on case (nominative, accusative, dative, and, rarely, genitive) and number (singular or plural).

Nominative: Ich (I), du (you), er (he), sie (she), es (it), wir (we), ihr (you all), sie (they).

Accusative: mich (me), dich (you), ihn (him), sie (her), es (it), uns (us), euch (you all), sie (them).

Dative: mir (to me), dir (to you), ihm (to him), ihr (to her), ihm (to it), uns (to us), euch (to you all), ihnen (to them).

The formal "you" is Sie (accusative Sie, dative Ihnen). The genitive forms (meiner, deiner, …) are rare.

Er sieht mich.
He sees me.

Ich gebe ihm das Buch.
I give him the book.

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