Beginner Lesson 6.1 – Personal Pronouns
Personal Pronouns In Chinese
Learn how to say singular and plural Personal Pronouns in Chinese.
- Singular Personal Pronouns You I He She in Chinese: 你 我 他 她
- Plural Personal Pronouns You We They in Chinese: 你们 我们 他们 她们
VOCABULARY
GRAMMAR
Grammar 1: Singular Personal Pronouns in Chinese You I He She · HSK 1
| nǐ 你 you (singular) |
wǒ 我 I; me |
tā 他 he; him |
tā 她 she; her |
Grammar 2: Plural Personal Pronouns in Chinese You We They · HSK 1
| nǐmen 你们 you (plural) |
wǒmen 我们 we; us |
tāmen 他们 they; them (male; male + female) |
tāmen 她们 they; them (female) |
Grammar 3: Plural Form in Chinese - Particle 们 · HSK 1
men 们 plural particle
们 is the Particle we use to express plural form in Chinese. It is pronounced in the Neutral Tone, and can be attached after a word that refers to people to indicate "more than one". It is mostly used after Personal Pronouns in Chinese. For example:
- nǐmen
你们
you guys - wǒmen
我们
we; us
It can also be be used after some nouns that refers to people. For example:
- lǎoshīmen
老师们
teachers - xuéshengmen
学生们
students - péngyoumen
朋友们
friends
It is rarely used after other nouns(eg. animals...) unless it is a rhetorical way to humanize them.
- dà xióngmāomen
大熊猫们
the Giant Pandas - huār men
花儿们
the flowers
他们/她们 and 你们 are a bit confusing sometimes. Using the example of being a dinner party with a group of people you may know sitting at different places around the room:
Is tāmen more like people who are far away (e.g., a table across from you with people you know) and nǐmen more like people that are a part of your group that are sitting in front of you? I.e, If I’m talking directly to the group of people, will I say, nǐmen.
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If Tā and Tā are gonna be men and women and that they sound the same,how do you know that it is man or women?
context. or in writing they are different
If we don’t feel comfortable or confident in speaking, but better at writing, how would we improve at speaking? I am not that good at speaking, and when I record myself, I have to think of the next word instead of saying it at a fast pace.
I am not that good at writing
What is the difference between 你叫什么 and 你叫什么名字?
Please refer to this thread in the comment section of Lesson 2.