In this video lesson we'll learn possessive words in Chinese such as my, your, his, her, our, their.
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":
Here are some example of 的 as the Possessive Particle:
的 can be used as a descriptive particle as well, we'll discuss it in future lessons.
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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