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pron.

• 1 es I can't cope with it any more = ich halte das nicht mehr länger aus what is it? = was ist los?

• 2 (the thing, animal, young child previously mentioned) er/sie/es; (as direct obj.) ihn/sie/es; (as indirect obj.) ihm/ihr/ihm

• 3 (the person in question) who is it? = wer ist da? it was the children = es waren die Kinder is it you, Dad? = bist du es, Vater?