German Pronoun Practice: Akkusativ and Dativ
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sie (she) → Dativ
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A German pronoun changes with the job it does in the sentence, not with the noun it stands for. That is one idea, and it is the whole of this exercise. Everything else is recognising which job you are looking at.
The case comes from the verb, not from the noun
Whether you say mich or mir has nothing to do with what "me" refers to. It depends on what the verb is doing with me: "Er sieht mich" — the verb acts on me, Akkusativ. "Er gibt mir das Buch" — the book is what he gives, and I am who receives it, Dativ.
mich / mir is the same distinction as den / dem
Once you can hear which case a verb wants, the pronoun and the article follow the same signal. That is why this is worth practising as a pair with articles rather than memorising two separate lists: you learn the case once and it pays off in both.
sie is one word doing three jobs
sie is "she", sie is "they", and capitalised Sie is the formal "you". This exercise labels which one it means every time it asks, so you are never guessing why the same word came up three times — but in a real sentence the verb ending is what tells you.
Where to look the forms up
Every personal pronoun in all four cases, plus the reflexive and possessive forms, is on one page: the German pronoun forms.