62. Plural Pronouns plus Verbs

62.  Plural Pronouns plus Verbs   

Having now seen the pronouns in their singular form, we should now look at the pronouns in the plural. They also are categorised into 1st, 2nd and 3rd person. They are as follows:

1.   wir       =     we  (speaker is involved like ich)

2.    ihr       =     you (plural of du and used with family, friends, children - familiar form)

2.    Sie      =     you (both singular and plural - used with adults, strangers - polite form)

3.    sie      =      they ( plural of er, sie and es)

The plural verb forms in the present tense are different to the singular forms and are mostly the same as the infinitive, with an en ending. Only the  ihr form is different. They work like this:

wir   kommen   =   we come, we do come, we are coming

ihr    kommt      =   you come, you do come, you are coming

Sie   kommen   =    you come, you do come, you are coming

sie    kommen   =    they come, they do come, they are coming

So now we are able to look at all of the pronouns and corresponding verb forms. I hasten to add here that we are only looking at verbs that are regular in the present tense.

Sing:       1.   ich  singe

               2.   du singst

               3.   er, sie, es singt

Plur:        1.   wir singen

                2    ihr singt

                2    Sie singen

                3    sie singen

If you are using people's names, the verb used will correspond to the appropriate pronoun.

e.g. Heinrich (er form) singt gut = Heinrich sings well; Hanna (sie form) singt auch gut.

Hanna und Heinrich (sie form) singen sehr gut = Hanna and Heinrich sing very well.

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