Pronouns

Pronouns are used to avoid repeating nouns.

Like nouns, pronouns change according to case:

Nominative                  Accusative                       Dative

ich                                 mich                                  mir

du                                 dich                                    dir

er                                   ihn                                     ihm

sie                                 sie                                     ihr

es                                  es                                      ihm

wir                                 uns                                    uns 

ihr                                  euch                                  euch

sie                                 sie                                     ihnen

Sie                                Sie                                     Ihnen

e.g ich mag ihn nicht – I don’t like him

German also has another pronoun – man. This is used to talk about people in general (in english – one).

This follows the same pattern as er/sie/es e.g Man kann ins Kino gehen – One can go to the cinema