3.10 – Accusative of Personal Pronouns After Prepositions

In 3.10 – accusative of personal pronouns we learned about the short and long forms of pronouns in the accusative case. In this lesson we will learn one other place that long forms and a few extra forms.

 Long forms – use these forms after prepositions that require the accusative:

Long forms of personal pronouns are used after prepositions (in addition to when there is emphasis/contrast/etc.). You will never find short forms of personal pronouns after prepositions.

Mám pro tebe dárek.

I have a gift for you.

Kupuju pro vás něco k pití.

I’m buying something to drink for you (all).

Special forms of third person pronouns

The long forms of the third person pronouns (jeho, jej, ji, je) have special n-forms after prepositions (něho, něj, ni, ně — see chart above)

Máme pro ni dárek.

We have a gift for her.

Kupuju pro ně potraviny.

I am buying groceries for them.