55. Importance of pronouns & more accusatives

55.  Importance of Pronouns & More Accusatives  (See Quiztests 190-191)

Last time we we looked at pronouns more deeply and in particular their change in case. Pronouns are very important, particularly in conversation because repeating a noun constantly instead of replacing it with a pronoun becomes very repetitive and just sounds plain funny! The list of the pronouns in both Nominative (Subject - provider of action) and Accusative (Object - action happens to) cases appears below.

Nominative                     Accusative
1  ich    =  I                  2   mich   =  me
3  du     =  you            4   dich    =  you
5  er      =  he              6   ihn      =  him
7  sie     =  she            8   sie       =  her
9  es      =  it               10  es        =  it

11 wir    =  we             12 uns     =  us
13 ihr     =  you           14  euch   =  you (plural of 'du')
15 Sie     = you           16  Sie      =  you (pol.)
17 sie      = they          18  sie       =  them

Lets' look at just how we can replace nouns with pronouns using the tables above  .'

1   Thomas kauft heute einen Computer. Der Computer kostet 500 Euro.
     Er (5) kauft ihn heute. Er (5) kostet 500 Euro.

2   Elke und Sonia besuchen Martin und Alois am Wochenende.
     Sie (17) besuchen sie (18) am Wochenende.

3   Meine Schwester und ich rufen jedes Wochenende unsere Oma.
     Wir (11) rufen sie (8) jedes Wochenende. (Note word order change - Pronoun precedes noun)

Have a try for yourself. Replace the nouns highlighted with the appropriate pronoun.

1    Mein Onkel hört oft das Radio.  [                                     ]
2    Sigi und Fredi wollen bald ein Haus kaufen [                              ]
3    Hat Stella neulich ihre Mutter besucht?  [                              ]
4    Meine Frau liebt meine Söhne und mich.  [                              ]
5    Herr und Frau Sommer restaurieren die Wohnung. [                           ]

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