A simple but important question about the pronoun "IT". Hello friends. Have a look at this sentence: "Don't touch it." The German translation (in informal form) is "Berühre das nicht." Somebody told me I can only use this German translation when the object is neutral; for example when the object is "book", which its gender is neutral. Is that true? What if the object (the noun) was a masculine or feminine one? For example I want to ask my 4 years old daughter (who I'm practicing German with) not to touch the pen (which is masculine); Can I say "Berühre das nicht" or should I say "Berühre ihn nicht". What if the object is feminine. Should I say "Berühre sie nicht?" What about the other contexts and situations? Suppose I want to ask about the location of something, a pen (masculine) for example; (my daughter knows I'm talking about a pen). Should I say: "Who ist ihn?"Because of the gender of the pen. What about these sentences: /Show "it" to me/ or /Is "it" black?" or /Is "it" heavy? Is the rule applicable for all the contexts? Thank you.