Translation
you (singular, informal)
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Cases
| Case | you (one person, informal) |
|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | du |
| Accusativethe direct object; after für, durch, ohne | dich |
| Dativethe indirect object; after mit, von, zu, bei | dir |
| Genitiveof; after wegen, während | deiner |
The genitive forms are real but rare; you will see them in set phrases and old texts, and almost never need to say one.
Examples
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You are right.
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Are you coming along this evening?
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I have brought you something, because it is your birthday.
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Stories
(33)Der Austausch in der Kantine
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Der Brief an mich
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Der Schlüssel
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Die Frau im Zug
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Wo bist du gewesen?
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Wo ist Bruno?
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Zwei Tickets für das Konzert
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Bei der Gastfamilie
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Beim Arzt mit Schmerzen
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Das falsche Tor
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Der Bus kommt nicht
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Der falsche Bus
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Der Kuchen für Oma
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Die Cola-Woche
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Die Cousine aus Wien
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Die Tür ist offen
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Ein Foto mit dem Star
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Ein Job am Samstag
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Eine Überraschung für Oma
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Tarek und der Müll im Wald
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Willkommen in Wien
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Wo ist mein Handy?
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Das Vorbild mit der Werbung
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Der neue Freund
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Die Uniform-Frage
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Eine Woche ohne Handy
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Zu müde für alles
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Das neue Lied
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Die Straße vor der Schule
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Die Tasche am See
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Nicht vor den Leuten
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Selins Entscheidung
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Wer hat den Garten zerstört?
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Grammar articles
(31)German Cases Chart: All Four, in the Order They Matter
German Superlative and Comparative: -er, am -sten and Umlauts
German Da-Compounds: darauf, damit, dafür, davon Explained
Days, Months and Dates in German: am Montag, im Mai, der 3. Mai
German Filler Words and Modal Particles: also, halt, doch
German Future Tense: werden Plus the Infinitive (and Futur II)
German Greetings: Hallo, Guten Tag, Tschüss and Survival Phrases
German Imperative: du, ihr, Sie Commands (and sei, seid, seien Sie)
German man, einen, einem and jemand: Talking About 'One' and 'Someone'
German Irregular Verbs: The Strong Verb Patterns That Repeat
Konjunktiv 2 in German: Would, Could and Should Have
German laut and bei/am + Infinitive: Two Higher-Tier Prepositions
German Modal Verbs: All Six Conjugated as One Block
German Negation: Nicht or Kein, and Where Nicht Goes
German Passive Voice: werden Plus a Participle, Again
German Perfect Tense: haben or sein, Plus a Past Participle
German Personal Pronouns: ich, mich, mir and the Formal Sie
German Possessive Pronouns: mein, dein, sein and Their Endings
German Question Words: wer, was, wo, wann, warum and wie
German Reflexive Verbs: sich, mich, mir and When to Use Each
German School and Town Words: Lehrer, Lehrerin, Bahnhof
German Separable Verbs with Modals and werden: Word Order
German Separable Verbs: anrufen, aufstehen and the Prefix That Jumps to the End
German Simple Past (Präteritum): war, hatte and the Written Past
German Stem-Changing Verbs: sprichst, siehst, fährst
German Conjunctions: weil, dass, wenn and the Verb That Goes Last
Telling the Time in German: Wie spät ist es? and halb drei
German Verb Conjugation: The One Pattern Under Every Verb
War and Hatte: How to Say Was and Had in German
German Sentence Structure: Why the Verb Always Comes Second
German zu + Infinitive: um zu, ohne zu, statt zu Explained
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 3: du, ich, sie and 7 more words.