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Grammar
In this lesson, we complete our collection of personal pronouns:
ich I
du you
er, sie, es he, she, it
wir we
ihr you (plural)
Sie you (formal, sing./pl.)
sie they
Ihr is the German personal pronoun for saying „you guys“ or „all of you“. It’s the plural of du.
Also notice how the formal Sie is used both for one person or multiple persons.
See how this regular verb changes and try to find a pattern:
(to live) wohnen
ich wohne
du wohnst
er, sie, es wohnt
wir wohnen
ihr wohnt
sie/Sie wohnen
2 Listen, read, and fill the gaps
4 Responses
Why is it,
“Ich will nicht suchen” Instead of,
“Wir will nicht suchen”? I thought the “en” ending of the “suchen” verb was for “wir”?
Why is it,
“Ihr macht die Arbeit. Ich will nicht.” Instead of,
“Sie macht die Arbeit. Ich will nicht.”? I thought “Sie” verbs also end with “t”?
Hi Allan,
“wir” has an -en ending (see grammar above). So the correct verb form that goes together with “wir” is “wollen”.
The “sie” that means they in English goes together with an -en verb ending according to the grammar. So only the other option goes together with “macht”. To let you know which “sie” is meant, it says the translation in English.
Number 3 – one of the options is Sie with a capital S for they.
Thanks. It’s corrected now!