Present Simple + Object Pronouns 1HAVO

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

My brother ... (know) a lot of people.

I ... (not - want) an ice cream.

... (you - see) that man over there?

My father ... (not work) at Groevenbeek.

... (he - like) his classmates?

I ... (hate) doing my homework.

Mr Visscher hopes that we ... (understand) the Present Simple.

Question

What are object pronouns in Dutch, i.e. which Dutch grammar can we link it to?

Discuss in pairs.

Object pronouns

In Dutch we call them: lijdende voorwerpen en meewerkende voorwerpen.

Oh no! Two things?

Yes, but do not worry, if you know the translation, it is actually quite easy :)!

me

you

him

her

it

us

you

them

mij

jou

hem

haar

het

ons

jullie

hen

And then...

All you need to do is to look at the sentence; who are we talking about? For instance:

Michael is so annoying. I don't really like ...

We are talking about Michael so we use...?