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Grammar
Please help when to use these in German. Ihr, Ihren, sie und Sie. When you want to emphasize possession or belonging what suitable word to use for all the gender e.g how would you say her book,his car,their house,our children

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Zo
Ndlovu
October 26, 2009

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Re:Grammar
Hi,
Ihr: is used to adress multiple persons (both genders)

Ihren: polite form of "Deinen", used when the following noun is male (example: "Fahren Sie bitte Ihren Wagen zur Seite?") but attention: the verb and adressing of the partner is neccessary.
Also, it is used in the same way to talk about a subject belonging to certain persons (eg.: "Sie fahren ihren (mind the case!) Wagen zur Seite")

Sie: polite form of "Du"

sie: used to talk about certain persons (eg.: "Denkst du, sie fahren ihren Wagen zur Seite?")

her book: ihr Buch
his car: sein Auto
their house: ihr Haus
our children: unsere Kinder

Greetings :)

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Jon
Ryan
November 3, 2009

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