I see him

In De vrouw ziet de man (The woman sees the man), de vrouw is the subject: who does the seeing? De man is the direct object: who does she see? In this simple sentence, the subject comes before the verb and the object comes after it, just as in English.

Nouns keep the same form: De vrouw ziet de man (The woman sees the man). De man ziet de vrouw (The man sees the woman). Personal pronouns change, as they do in English: ik → mij (I → me), hij → hem (he → him), wij → ons (we → us). Hij ziet mij (He sees me). Ik zie hem (I see him).

Mij and me both mean “me”; jou and je both mean “you”. Me and je are unstressed forms. Use mij and jou for emphasis. U means formal “you”, and jullie means plural “you”. For “them” as a direct object, use hen or the unstressed form ze: Ik zie hen. / Ik zie ze. (I see them.)

Het can also be a pronoun meaning “it”: Ik heb een boek. Ik lees het. (I have a book. I am reading it.) Helpen takes a direct object, like English “help”: De leraar helpt ons (The teacher helps us). Kun je mij helpen? (Can you help me?)