Lesson 16: Those Pesky Personal Pronouns

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Want to learn German or want to learn something quickly you can definitely use in Germany? Learn personal pronouns.

Personal pronouns are words like I, he, they and you.

There are not many and they are super quick to learn.

You need to know personal pronouns before you can say many useful statements in German. So let’s start learning!

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Watch the video below to learn the personal pronouns. Below the video, you’ll find a list of the vocabulary used so you can write it down and practise.

You can do this!

Vocabulary taught in this lesson:

  • ich – I
  • wir – we
  • du – you (singular, informal)
  • ihr – you (plural, informal)
  • Sie – you (formal – both singular and plural)
  • er – he
  • sie – she
  • es – it
  • sie – they

Time to practise until you can say these words without thinking 🙂

The only thing that is a little tricky is that there are three different words for you whereas in English we just have the one. However, it’s not too hard to work out when to use each one.

Watch this video a few times if you need to until you’ve memorized all of them.

Want to learn more German? Find the previous lesson here and the next lesson here. You can also find all our lessons here.

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Elsa was born in Germany before moving to the US as a kid. She spent many summers exploring Germany and hanging out with her grandparents before moving back to Germany for university. Elsa has a degree in German history and language. She enjoys sharing her love of her native country with others who want to explore it too! She particularly loves exploring the Rhine Valley and the Black Forest.

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