German Cases - the Complete Set
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@portaecustos Thanks for your comment. As you will see from an earlier exchange, I do not deny taking deliberate shortcuts for the benefit of elementary learners!
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Well, genitive forms of pronouns do really exist. BUT they would be:
meiner (ich), deiner (du), seiner (er), ihrer (sie), dessen (es), unser (wir), eurer (ihr), ihrer (sie)
Example:
"Sie mögen tot sein, aber wir werden ihrer immer gedenken." (Wessen gedenken wir?)
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Yip, but still a good idea.
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Small mistake: There is in fact a genitive form of the pronouns. But in your defense I have to say that it's not used very much.
The table would be:
meinige, deinige, seinige, ihrige, seinige, unsrige, eurige, ihrige, ihrige
Example: This is the house of mine -- Das ist das meinige Haus.
Thanks for the comment, AndreR241. I am aware of the little white lie. These are intended as highly simplified guides for 13 to 15 year old learners of German as a second language. So I have taken a few shortcuts!
robertoc2010 2 years ago