Lesson 12:
Grammar - You, I,
he/she, it, this and that
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Lesson 12.
Grammars – You, I, he/she, it, and this/that
In this class,
we will show you some most important pronouns in Chinese. The
general principle is, unlike English, Chinese do not change form
for pronouns based on their role in sentence (as subjective or
objective).
Section A.
General
1.你
ni3
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You
2.
我
wo3
I/me
3.他
ta1
He/him
4.
她
ta1
She/her
5.
它
ta1
It
Section B.
Plural
6.们
men
Equivalent to
the plural forms to put behind other pronounces as shown below.
7.你们
ni3 men
You (in plural)
8.我们
wo3men
We
9.他们
ta1men
They (male, or
mix of male and female)
10.
她们ta1men
They (female)
11.
它们ta1men
They (it in
plural)
Section C.
Ownership
12.
的
Equivalent to
-’s in English to demonstration ownership
13.
你的
ni3de
Your/yours
14.
你们的
ni3men2de
Your/yours in
plural
*As you can see
here, ‘们’
is always before ‘的’
and has a second tone when followed by ‘的’,
which still has light tone.
15. 我的
wo3de
my/mine
16.
我们的wo3men2de
Our/ours
17. 他的/她的/它的
ta1de
his /her(s)
/its
We put these 3
words together to emphasize that they have the same
pronunciation.
18.
他们的
/她们的
/它们的
ta1 men de
their(s) for
male, female, and non-human references
These three
words also sound the same.
Section D.
This/That
19.
这
zhe4
This
20.
那
na4
That
21.
些
xie
Equivalent to
the plural forms to put behind “this/that” for “these/those” as
shown below.
22.
这些
zhe4 xie
These
23.
那些
na4 xie
Those
Section E.
Examples
Let’s first
learn 3 new words before going to 2 examples.
24.
是
shi4
be/is/am/are
We will have
more explanation on this word in the next class.
25.
书
shu1
book
26.
学生
xue2sheng1
student
27. Samples
sentence 1:
这是书.
zhe4 shi4 shu1
This is a book.
(Chinese does not use articles “a/an/the”.)
