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[kittydesade]

A personal pronoun is said to have "person" (go go recursive definition?) which indicates the identity of the subject. First person refers to the one(s) speaking, second person refers to the one(s) spoken to, third person refers to the one(s) or thing(s) spoken about. (And that's actually the most succinct way I've heard that put.)

1S. Ich
2S. Du/Sie
3S. Er/Es/Sie

1P. Wir
2P. Ihr
3P. Sie

In the introduction you learned when to use the familiar form Du. As with most other languages, there is a familiar and a formal form of you. Du is used to address one person. Ihr is used to address more than one person. Sie is used to address a singular person formally or many people formally.

Both the singular sie (she) and the plural sie (they) are uncapitalized. The formal Sie (you) is capitalized, always.

Give the subject pronouns you would use in teh following situations.

1. Talking about a male friend. Er.
2. Talking to a male friend. Du.
3. Talking about yourself. Ich.
4. Talking about yourself and a friend. Wir.
5. Talking to your parents. Sie. (Or Ihr, depending?)
6. Talking to a clerk in a store. Sie.
7. Talking about your father. Er.
8. Talking about your sister. sie.
9. Talking about a child. Es, if I remember right.
10. Talking to your professor. Sie.
11. Talking about your friends. sie.


Oogh tired. Didn't get quite as much done as I meant to, but did get a fair bit done at least. And I remembered to do my German! Not so much with the Japanese, but it was a weird, off-routine day. Tomorrow there will be Japanese. Tomorrow, hopefully, the workload was somewhat lessened by the boxing up of most things today. Except for the part where I do have to go to the post office and send stuff to Canada. Ah well. Maybe it'll be nice when I have to walk.

Went to a wine tasting after work at this pretty damn swank used bookstore and champagne bar that had all kinds of books, couches and tables and little alcoves and things, and had some friendly wacky conversation about various and sundry topics. That bookstore was awesome. It needs to be the site of a Nano Write In or something at some point. Definitely there needs to be more hanging out there and reading, maybe if the boy has a game at Blitzkrieg or something. It's just that cool. Plus, couches. Plus wine, although wine really does go straight to my head and I don't even like most wines. But still! It appeals to my inner child who wants to grow up and be a snobby intellectual. Oh wait...

Oogh. Sleepy ish, though. And trying to jam in writing now 3 Big Bangs into the next month. Ish. Maybe not really, but also, just. Getting everything drafted is going to be a pain in the arse. ... Or maybe not entirely, kind of like doing Nano three times over in one month... forget I said anything. And the next time, if I sign up for more than two Big Bangs at once, shoot me? At least I didn't do my usual stupid thing and sign up for two topics/fandoms at once. And at least two of these are original things that will end up with potential cover art, and, yeah. Especially if I can actually bash Martine into some kind of shape. Either I'm getting better or my standards are getting lower, but I'm liking more and more of what I write right off the bat. Maybe it's just that I'm getting more accurate on the first try. Still. That's why we have rewriting.