This handout explains the differences between formal and informal speech in German and the different pronouns used for saying 'you' (du, ihr, Sie). All nominative-case personal pronouns are introduced here as well, but the primary focus is on basic sentence structure and how to conjugate verbs for the pronouns ich, du and Sie.Two sample conversations are provided using formal as well as informal speech. Introduced here are the verbs kommen, heißen, sprechen & sein.