German with Nashi, lesson 1 Personal pronounPresent Tense ~Personal Pronouns~ Singular ich - I du - you er/sie/es - he/she/it Plural wir - we ihr - you sie - they Verbs in present tense Verbs in German end with -en or -n. Examples are "spiel[b]en[/b]" (to play), "lauf[b]en[/b]" (to walk), ... to be able to use verbs with personal pronouns you will have to find the root of the word. For this you only have to take away -en or -n. to apply it to a personal pronoun you will have to add it to a "forumla" which is as follows: ich [root][b]e[/b] du [root][b]st[/b] er/sie/es [root][b]t[/b] wir [root][b]en[/b] ihr [root][b]t[/b] sie [root][b]en[/b] Example "spielen" spielen -en -> root = spiel ich [spiel]e