Akkusative Personal Pronouns
Entschuldigung… meine Deutsch ist nicht so gut.
I am studying the akkusativ personal pronouns. I understand that the akkusativ of
“er” is “ihn”
“sie” is “sie”
“es” is “es”.
Do these correspond to nouns that take der, die, and das?
z.B) "Ich habe das Kabel für den Computer." Which translation is correct?
- Ich habe das Kabel für es. (Because the computer is an object)
- Ich habe das Kabel für ihn. (Because “the computer“ is “DER computer”)
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Answers · 9
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"Ich habe das Kabel für ihn."
In German the personal pronoun corresponds to the grammatical gender of the noun, as you guessed already. It doesn't matter whether it's an object or a person, whether it's biologically female ("das Mädchen" --> "es") and so on. That's different to English.
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It should be 'für ihn', because 'der Computer' is masculine, but actually it is 'dafür'. That is why you can use a pronoun with a preposition only for people, but not for things, so for things we have to use 'da+(r)+preposition, the 'da-' part meaning 'ihn'.
Without a preposition, this is no problem, for example: Siehst du den Computer? Ja, ich sehe ihn.
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Yes, that's correct.
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I have a follow up question, but I think an example asks it best:
Is this correct? Ellen has the cable for Paul and I. She has the cable for us.
Ellen hat das Kabel für Paul und mich. Sie hat das Kabel für uns.
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