Pronouns replace nouns and keep your sentences lean. Whoever knows the most important groups avoids repetition and mistakes. Here comes the overview.
The most important pronouns in German
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- Personal pronouns stand for people or things: ich, du, er, sie, es, wir, ihr, sie. They change according to case, for example in the accusative mich, dich, ihn, and in the dative mir, dir, ihm.
- Possessive pronouns indicate possession: mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser, euer. They are declined like the indefinite article.
- Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses: der, die, das, more on this in forming relative clauses correctly.
What this part is about is shown in telc B2 language elements.
How to use them correctly
With the personal pronoun, pay attention to the case the verb requires. With the possessive pronoun, the ending depends on the noun that follows, similar to the adjective declension.
In the telc exam
Pronouns are a common gap topic. How to proceed with the language elements is in solving language elements strategically, and where the part sits in the procedure is shown by the page on the exam sections.
The bottom line
Personal, possessive and relative pronouns cover the most important cases. Whoever pays attention to the right case uses them confidently and avoids typical mistakes.
