A1 German Course | Lesson 17 | Accusative Personal Pronouns | Nominative Personal Pronouns | English

Accusative Personal Pronouns in German and Nominative Personal Pronouns in German language are explained with examples. A comprehensive lesson of German language course A1 for absolute beginners explains the difference between accusative personal pronouns in German language and nominative personal pronouns in German language. It is important to understand when to use the nominative personal pronouns in German language and when to use the accusative personal pronouns. Personal Pronouns in German Nominative case are used when we use a personal pronoun for a subject of the sentence. Some one or some thing that performs an action is the subject of the sentence and subject of sentence in German language is always nominative case in German language. When we use personal pronoun for someone or something that performs an action, then we have to use the nominative personal pronouns in German language. If however, we use the personal pronouns for someone or something on which the action is being performed, then this something or someone will be in German accusative case and we have to use the personal pronouns in German accusative case. As there are personal pronouns in German nominative case similarly there exist personal pronouns in German accusative case. If the personal pronoun in German nominative case is "ich" the personal pronoun in German accusative case will be "mich" If the personal pronoun in German nominative case is "du" the personal pronoun in German accusative case will be "dich" If the personal pronoun in German nominative case is "Sie" the personal pronoun in German accusative case will be "Sie" If the personal pronoun in German nominative case is "er" the personal pronoun in German accusative case will be "ihn" If the personal pronoun in German nominative case is "sie" the personal pronoun in German accusative case will be "sie" If the personal pronoun in German nominative case is "es" the personal pronoun in German accusative case will be "es" If the personal pronoun in German nominative case is "wir" the personal pronoun in German accusative case will be "uns" If the personal pronoun in German nominative case is "ihr" the personal pronoun in German accusative case will be "euch" If the personal pronoun in German nominative case is "sie" the personal pronoun in German accusative case will be "sie" The difference between accusative personal pronouns and nominative personal pronouns in German language is expalined with multiple examples.