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Grammar |
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Pronouns |
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Personal Pronouns |
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Accusative |
Personal Pronouns - Accusative |
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Here are the personal pronouns in the fourth case (accusative):
| Form |
German |
Phonetic Script |
English Object Form |
| 1. person singular |
mich |
[mɪç] |
me |
| 2. person singular (familiar) |
dich |
[dɪç] |
you |
| 3. person singular |
ihn |
[i:n] |
him |
| 3. person singular |
sie |
[zi:] |
her |
| 3. person singular |
es |
[ɛs] |
it |
| 1. person plural |
uns |
[ʊns] |
us |
| 2. person plural |
euch |
[ɔyç] |
you |
| 3. person plural |
sie |
[zi:] |
them |
| polite form |
Sie |
[zi:] |
you (polite form) |
Here is one example:
| German |
Phonetic Script |
English |
| Sie liebt ihn. |
[zi: li:pt i:n] |
She loves him. |
While "Sie" is the personal pronoun in the nominative case because it is is the acting part of the sentence (She loves), "ihn" is the pronoun in the accusative case. In German we say:
| German |
Phonetic Script |
English |
| jemanden lieben |
['je:mandən 'li:bən] |
to love someone |
While you only have one object form in English, we use the accusative form in German. The respective question would be: Who does she love?
