AÜM: Subject Pronouns
Subject Pronouns
Subject pronouns in English are "I, you, he, she, it, they, we."
Subject pronouns represent nouns that are the subject of a sentence. In German the subject pronouns are said to be in the nominative case. The nominative is the first "case" of four you will be learning in German. All you need to remember for now is that the nominative is the same thing as the subject.
Exploring the Subject and Subject Pronouns
In the sentence below the nominative or the subject is "Klaus." An easy way to find the subject of a sentence is by asking what/who + verb. For example:
If you wanted to replace the noun "Klaus" for a subject pronoun in English you would replace it with "He":
You would do the same thing in German. The noun "Klaus" can be replaced by the subject pronoun "er" (he):
Every subject pronoun in English has a correspondent pronoun in German. The activity below reviews the subject pronouns in German and their English correspondent.
Pronunciation and Practice
It is very important to memorize these! Click on the sound icon to hear the pronunciation.
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