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.

Subject Pronouns
English	German
I	ich
you	du
he	er
she	sie
it	es
we	wir
you (plural)	ihr
they	sie
you (formal)	Sie

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:

Text how to find subject

If you wanted to replace the noun "Klaus" for a subject pronoun in English you would replace it with "He":

Replacing names with pronouns English

You would do the same thing in German. The noun "Klaus" can be replaced by the subject pronoun "er" (he):

Replacing names with pronouns German

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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