Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Personal Pronouns (人称代词)


Personal pronouns are substitutes for nouns denoting persons or things. They’re used to refer to a person or thing whose identity is clear, and usually has been mentioned earlier. The most common personal pronouns in Chinese are:

a.      Singular Form

nín
You
You
(the polite form)
I, me
He, him
She, her
It (animals or things)


b.      Plural Form

我们
你们
他们
她们
它们
wǒmen
nǐmen
tāmen
tāmen
tāmen
We
You
They (he)
They (she)
They
(animals or things)

Chinese plural personal pronouns are formed by putting the suffix mento the singular personal pronouns.
In general, the pronoun , is not used in a plural form.

In sentences, they normally function as the subject.

1.      我是丽丽。(Wǒ shì Lìlì
I’m Lili.

2.      您贵姓?(Nín guìxìng?
What’s your last name?

3.      你好!(Nǐhǎo!
Hello!

4.      他是学生。(Tā shì xuéshēng.
He is a student.

5.      她有一个姐姐。(Tā yǒu yígè jiějie.
She has an elder sister.

6.      他是一只狗。(Tā shì yìzhǐ gǒu.
It’s a dog.


1.      我们学习汉语。(Wǒmen xuéxí Hànyǔ
We are learning Chinese.

2.      你们是学生吗?(Nǐmen shì xuéshēng ma?
Are you students?

3.      他们是美国人。(Tāmen shì Měiguó rén.
They are American.

4.      她们吃饭。(Tāmen chī fàn
They are eating.

5.      它们睡觉。(Tāmen shuì jiào.
They are sleeping.


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