Beginner Lesson 7.1 – My / Your / His / Her
Possessive Words In Chinese - My, Your, His, Her, Our, Their
In this video lesson we'll learn possessive words in Chinese such as my, your, his, her, our, their.
- Possessive words in Chinese: 你的 我的 他的...
- Possessive Particle in Chinese: 的
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GRAMMAR
Grammar 1: Possessive Particle in Chinese 的 · HSK 1
de 的 Possessive Particle
的 is the Possessive Particle in Chinese, and it is pronounced in the Neutral Tone. A Particle word in Chinese doesn't have any "real" meaning, only a grammatical meaning. And it cannot be used by itself independently in a sentence. It has to be attached to another word, to function as a grammatical structure to help put the sentence together. So 的 can only be attached after a pronoun or a noun to indicate "possessive":
Pronoun / Noun + 的
Here are some example of 的 as the Possessive Particle:
- wǒde 我的 my; mine
- tāmende 他们的 their; theirs
- Zhōngguóde 中国的 China's
的 can be used as a descriptive particle as well, we'll discuss it in future lessons.
Grammar 2: Personal Possessive Words in Chinese · HSK 1
We learned Personal Pronouns in Chinese in Lesson 6.1, and to say Personal Possessive words in Chinese is just to add 的 at the end of the pronoun. Here are all of them:
| Singular Personal Pronouns |
nǐ 你 you (singular) |
wǒ 我 I; me |
tā 他 he; him |
tā 她 she; her |
| Plural Personal Pronouns |
nǐmen 你们 you (plural) |
wǒmen 我们 we; us |
tāmen 他们 they; them (m./ m. f.) |
tāmen 她们 they; them (f.) |
| Singular Personal Possessive |
nǐde 你的 your; yours (singular) |
wǒde 我的 my; mine |
tāde 他的 his |
tāde 她的 her; hers |
| Plural Personal Possessive |
nǐmende 你们的 your; yours (plural) |
wǒmende 我们的 our; ours |
tāmende 他们的 their; theirs (m./ m. f.) |
tāmende 她们的 their; theirs (f.) |
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