Exercise 2 for Lesson 4

Your First Milestone: All personal pronouns

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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

When to use wir, ich, Sie or sie? Find it out in this quiz!

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Use ihr („you guys“), sie (they), or Sie (you – formal):

Paul und Meili sind hier. Arbeiten sie (they) hier?

macht die Arbeit. Ich will nicht.

Guten Tag, Frau Maywald. Können mir helfen?

Woher kommt ?

Igor und Paul wohnen in München. Kommen aus Frankfurt?

Frau Maywald, gehen in das Büro?

Use ich or wir:

Wir heißen Maywald.

bin in Frankfurt.

komme nicht aus München.

können die Arbeit machen.

will nicht suchen.

wohnen hier.

Use er/sie/es, or du:

Er ist Paul.

Was machst ?

arbeitet hier.

kommt morgen.

kannst hier arbeiten!

wohnt in Deutschland.

You’ve Reached Your First Milestone!

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All personal pronouns
I, you, he, ...

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German numbers up to one million

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Verb conjugations
am, are, is, ...

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Nein vs. nicht vs. kein
no, not, not any

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Irregular verb conjugations

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Basic word order with TeCaMoLo
when → why → how → where

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Gender of nouns
der, die, das

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Compound nouns
house + keeper = housekeeper

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All plural rules
~~cactuss~~ cacti, ~~childs~~ children, ~~fishs~~ fish, ...

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The simple past tense
you see → you saw

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The accusative case
he vs. him

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Adjective endings

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Word order: subordinate clause
I know where he is.

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Separable verbs
turn on, wake up, ...

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Reflexive verbs
~~I wash me~~ I wash myself

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The perfect tense
you saw → you have seen

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The dative case
give it to ~~they~~ them

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The imperative
he runs → run!!!

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Word order: accusative sub-clause
the person who I see

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Accusative/dative question words & pronouns
whom, whose, none, ...

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Word order: dative & accusative
~~give her it~~ give it to her

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Subjunctive II
would, should, would have

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Two-way prepositions

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Course complete – you’re proficient in German!
You’ve mastered all core A1 grammar and, thanks to your expanded vocabulary and comprehension skills, achieved a solid A2 level.

Go to page 3 to see the difference between female friend and girlfriend in German!