Grammar: Pronouns
Personal pronouns
Singular | Plural | |||||||
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我 | wǒ | I | 我们 | 我們 | wǒmen | we | ||
咱们 | 咱們 | zánmen | we (you and me) |
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你 | 你 | nǐ | you | 你们 | 你們 | nǐmen | you | |
妳 | you (female) |
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您 | nín | you (formal) |
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他 | tā | he | 他们 | 他們 | tāmen | they | ||
她 | she | 她们 | 她們 | they (female) |
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它 | 牠 | it (animals) |
它们 | 牠們 | they (animals) |
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它 | it (things) |
它們 | they (things) |
Regional variants
俺 | ǎn ![]() | 我 |
偶 | ǒu ![]() | |
吾 | wú ![]() ![]() | |
尔 | ěr ![]() | 你 |
侬 | nóng ![]() | |
汝 | rǔ ![]() ![]() | |
佢 | qú ![]() | 他/她/它 |
伊 | yī ![]() ![]() |
Possessive pronouns
Possessive pronouns are created by adding the attributive particle to the personal pronoun.
的 | de | (attributive particle) |
你的书 | nǐ de shū | your book |
我们的学校 | wǒmen de xuéxiào | our school |
For close things and people (like relatives) the particle is omitted.
我家 | wǒ jiā | my family |
她妈妈 | tā mama | her mother |
Demonstratives
Proximal | Distal | |||||
这个 | zhège / zhèige | this | 那个 | nàge / nèige | that | |
这些 | zhèxiē / zhèixiē | these | 那些 | nàxiē / nèixiē | those | |
这儿 | zhèr | here | 那儿 | nàr | there | |
这里 | zhèlǐ | 那里 | nàlǐ | |||
这么 | zhème | so, like this, this way | 那么 | nàme | like that, that way, then |