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Demonstrative and indefinite pronouns and man

A2

With demonstrative pronouns like dieser or jener, the impersonal man, and indefinite pronouns like etwas or nichts, you speak in general terms or point to something specific — useful for generalizations and fluent texts.

  • Demonstrative pronouns
  • Indefinite pronoun 'man'
  • Indefinite pronouns (etwas, nichts, alles, jemand, niemand)

Demonstrative pronouns and man

With demonstrative pronouns you point to a specific person or thing: dieser, diese, dieses (this).

dieser takes the same endings as the definite article der, die, das: dieser Mann, diese Frau, dieses Kind, diese Kinder.

The ending matches gender, number, and case: Ich kenne diesen Mann. Ich fahre mit diesem Bus.

The pronoun man means people in general (one / people). It is always singular with the verb form for er/sie/es: Hier kann man gut essen.

Gender / caseFormExample
masculine (nominative)dieserDieser Mann ist nett.
feminine (nominative)dieseDiese Frau wohnt hier.
neuter (nominative)diesesDieses Kind spielt.
masculine (accusative)diesenIch kenne diesen Mann.
masculine (dative)diesemIch fahre mit diesem Bus.
man (3rd person singular)manHier kann man gut essen.

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Indefinite pronouns

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