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Wortschatz & Grammatik A1 — Abschnitt L: Pronomen

Seiten 87–88 (Teil 2 Grammatik) · Lösungen S. 113 · Übungen L1–L2

Overview

• Skill focus: Grammatik (personal pronouns as Akkusativ/Dativ objects, demonstrative pronouns replacing nouns)
• Topic: matching statement pairs using pronoun objects (guest-list/ invitation context), demonstrative pronouns ("der/die/das" used as standalone pronouns, not articles) in shop/conversation dialogues
• Relates to Menschen Lektion(en): L6 (Akkusativ — L1 extends this to full personal-pronoun objects: mich/dich/ihn/sie/uns/euch/sie/Sie). New beyond Menschen A1.1: Dativ personal pronouns (mir, dir, ihm, ihr, uns, euch, ihnen, Ihnen — L1's second half) are not covered in Menschen A1.1, which doesn't formally introduce the Dativ case. Demonstrative pronouns (der/die/das used to mean "that one," as in L2) are also new — a distinctly different function from the definite article the student already knows.

Grammar covered

L1: Personal pronouns — Akkusativ (reinforces L6) + Dativ (new)

Akkusativ object pronouns (reinforces Menschen L6's Akkusativ intro): mich, dich, ihn, sie, es, uns, euch, sie, Sie — used as the direct object of a verb like einladen (Ich lade dich ein = I invite you).

Dativ object pronouns — new grammar, not in Menschen A1.1:

Person	Dativ pronoun
ich	mir
du	dir
er	ihm
sie	ihr
es	ihm
wir	uns
ihr	euch
sie (Pl)	ihnen
Sie	Ihnen

Used with verbs that take a Dativ object, like gefallen (to please): Das gefällt mir = "I like that" (literally "that pleases to-me").

L2: Demonstrativpronomen — new grammar

The words der/die/das/den/dem etc. can stand alone as a pronoun meaning "that one/it" (referring back to something already mentioned), instead of functioning as the definite article before a noun:

• "Welcher Pullover gefällt Ihnen am besten? — Ich möchte bitte den da." (that one there)
• "Ist die Postkarte für John? — Dem habe ich schon eine geschrieben." (to him)

This is grammatically distinct from the definite article the student already knows (der/die/das + noun) — here there's no noun following, and the pronoun itself carries case marking, functioning much like a personal pronoun with extra emphasis ("that one specifically," not just "it").

Exercise summary

1. L1 Gästeliste — match 11 sentence pairs describing who's inviting whom (Akkusativ pronoun practice, part 1), then complete 7 more sentences with the correct Dativ pronoun (part 2).
2. L2 Meinen Sie die da? — match 10 sentence pairs, each answer using a demonstrative pronoun to refer back to something in the question.

Answer key highlights

• L1 (part 1, matching): 1→f) 2→d) 3→a) 4→h) 5→b) 6→c) 7→k) 8→j) 9→e) 10→g) 11→i).
• L1 (part 2, Dativ pronouns): 12. mir 13. ihm 14. euch 15. Ihnen 16. ihr 17. dir 18. uns.
• L2: 1→f) 2→d) 3→a) 4→h) 5→j) 6→b) 7→i) 8→e) 9→c) 10→g).

Notes / gotchas

• Both grammar points in this section (Dativ pronouns, demonstrative pronouns) go beyond Menschen A1.1, which sticks to Nominativ and Akkusativ (masculine only) throughout its 12 lessons. Present as enrichment, not review — don't assume the student can already form these without guidance.
• Demonstrative pronouns are easy to confuse with the definite article since they're spelled identically (der, die, das, den, dem ...) — the distinguishing feature is that a demonstrative pronoun replaces a noun entirely rather than preceding one, and it carries slightly more emphasis than a plain personal pronoun (es/ihn/sie) would.
• gefallen + Dativ (Das gefällt mir) is a genuinely common everyday pattern worth teaching even before full Dativ mastery — it's a fixed phrase pattern much like "möchte," so it can be taught as a chunk.
• This is another short section (2 sub-exercises, 2 pages) — pairs naturally with Section K for a single combined practice session if desired.