What's the difference between "Er" and "Der"
-Schau mal, der Drucker ist ja billig.
-Der ist bestimmt kaputt.
Er is also a word which could refer to the "der Drucker", so can i say that "Er ist bestimmt kaputt." ? So what's the difference between "Er" and "Der"
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You can use "Er" and "der" in this phrase. It's correct.
But be carefully when you talk about humans/people. Demonstrativpronomen (der/die/das) make a phrase more rude. So don't say something like "Mit der rede ich kein Wort mehr!" if you want to be polite.
1
"Er" ist in jedem Fall richtig.
"Der" verwenden wir nur umgangssprachlich in diesem Sinn.
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"Er" is the personal pronoun for the third person masculine; "der" is the masculine form of our definite article. In your example, in the first sentence you must use "der" (the Printer), in the second sentence, you can choose between "der" or "er" (which in English would in both cases then be "it") because the object has already been mentioned in the first sentence.
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