Pronoun 'sie' (she/it, singular, nominative)
Pronomen 'sie' (Singular, Nominativ)
'sie' (she/it) is the feminine third-person .
Structure
sie + Verb (3. Person Singular, feminin)
sie + verb (3rd person singular, feminine)
Details
- Part of Speech
- Pronoun
- Word Type
- Personal pronoun
- Register
- Standard
Explanation
sie means "she" or "it" - the feminine, third-person singular . It replaces any feminine (a die-word), including things, not only female people.
After sie, regular verbs take the ending -t, and the stays singular:
- Sie ist meine Schwester. - She is my sister.
- Heute arbeitet sie nicht. - She is not working today.
- Die Lampe? Sie ist kaputt. - The lamp? It is broken.
The last example shows that a feminine like die Lampe becomes sie ("it"), because , not biological gender, decides the .
Common mistakes:
- The single most important point: singular sie (she) takes a singular verb - sie ist*, sie kommt - while plural sie (they) takes a plural verb - sie sind, sie kommen*. The ending is the only clue.
- Use sie (lowercase) for "she"; the capitalized Sie is the formal "you".
About Pronoun 'sie' (she/it, singular, nominative)
'sie' (she/it) is the feminine third-person .
Replaces feminine nouns (die …); (sie kommt, sie ist).
'sie' ist das feminine Subjektpronomen der 3. Person .
Caution
Singular 'sie' (she) takes a singular verb (sie ist), unlike plural 'sie' (they) which takes sie sind.