Can you match the personal pronouns in Chinese with the personal pronouns in English? And do you know how to use Chinese personal pronouns in sentences? If you are unsure about the answer, please read this article carefully, after this article, you will know all personal pronouns in Chinese.
Personal pronouns in Chinese: 1.你 2.我 3.他的 4.我们 5.你们的 6.她自己
Personal pronouns in English: A. I B.Me C.Herself D.He E.His F.Him G.We H.You I.Yours
The subject pronoun
- 我=I
- 我喜欢你。
- I like you.
- 你=You
- 你在干什么?
- What are you doing?
- 他=He
- 他是一位老师。
- He is a teacher.
- 她=She
- 她是一个小女孩。
- She is a little girl.
- 它=It
- 这是一只狗。
- It is a dog.
In Chinese, pronouns have plural forms. 们 is a plural marker for pronouns. By adding this suffix, we can make a singular pronoun become a plural pronoun.
- 我+们=我们(we)
- 我们在吃饭。
- We are eating.
- 你+们=你们(you plu.)
- 你们在干什么?
- What are you guys doing?
- 她+们=他们(they for women)
- 她们在唱歌。
- They(women) are singing.
- 他+们=她们(they for men)
- 他们在玩游戏。
- They(men) are playing games.
- 它+们=它们(they for animals)
- 它们会咬人。
- They(animals) will bite people.
The object pronoun
The same form of personal pronoun representing subjects are same as those representing objects position. Here are some examples:
Object: 你喜欢她吗? Do you like her?
Object: 把这只笔给他。 Give this pen to him.’
The Reflexive Pronoun
It is like plural forms of pronouns. We can make pronouns become the reflexive pronoun by adding 自己 as a suffix. 自己means oneself or one’s own.
- 我+自己=我自己(myself)
- 我自己写了首詩。
- I wrote a poem myself.
- 你+自己=你自己(yourself)
- 你自己来的?
- Do you come by yourself?
- 她们+自己=她们自己(themselves for women)
- 她们自己去做。
- They do it themselves.
The Possessive Pronoun
There are no possessive pronouns in Chinese. But we can put的after personal pronouns to indicate the possession like preposition ‘of’ in English.
- 他+的=他的(his)
- 这是他的笔。
- It is his pen.
- 我们+的=我们的(our)
- 我们的家很漂亮。
- Our home is beautiful.
- 她们+的=她们的(their for females)
- 这是她们的事。
- It is their business.
Summary
Singular | Plural |
我I/me | 我们We/us |
你You | 你们You |
他He/him | 他们They/them |
她She/Her | 她们They/them |
它It | 它们They/them |
我自己Myself | 我们自己Ourselves |
你自己Yourself | 你们自己Yourselves |
他自己Himself | 他们自己Themselves |
她自己Herself | 她们自己Themselves |
我的My/mine | 我们的Our/ours |
你的Your/yours | 你们的Your/yours |
他的His | 他们的Their/theirs |
她的Her/hers | 她们的Their/theirs |
After reading this article, can you do the match correctly? If you have questions about Chinese grammars, feel free to leave me a comment below. It may become new topics for the following articles.