Now that we have dealt with the promonimal adverbs, we can continue with what this chapter is really about: Pronouns.
We will start with the most commonly used pronouns, being the personal pronouns. We use them to replace names of persons or things, e.g. " We go to school" or "My teacher said it"
Just like in English, we have different pronouns for subjects and objects.
Subject pronouns
Ik werk in een supermarkt. | I work in a supermarket.
We komen te laat! | We are running late!
Hij is vegetariër. | He is a vegetarian.
Object pronouns
The good news for those who are studying Dutch is that you do not have to distinguish between direct and indirect object pronouns (like, for example, in German).
Ik hoorde hem op de radio. | I heard him on the radio.
Heb je ze niet gezien? | Haven't you seen them?
Dat heb je aan mij beloofd. | You promised that to me.
As you can see, the Dutch use their personal pronouns in pretty much the same way as the English. The Dutch, however, use different words for stressed and unstressed pronouns. As a result, several pronouns have two versions: a stressed an unstressed version. This will be outlined on the following pages.