Friday, 22 October 2010

Personal pronouns in Chinese

Standard Mandarin personal pronouns[1]
Person Singular Plural*
First person

I, me
Exclusive Inclusive
我们
wǒmen
we, us
咱们
zánmen
we, us
Second person Informal Polite 你们
nǐmen
you


you

nín
you
Third person Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter


he, him


she, her


it
他们
tāmen
they, them
她们
tāmen
they, them
它们
tāmen
they, them

* The character to indicate plurality is 們 (men) in Traditional Chinese characters.
Used to indicate 'you and I' (two people) only; in all other cases wǒmen is used. This form has fallen into disuse outside Beijing (see below).
The personal pronouns (for humans) may be made reflexive by appending 自己 zìjǐ, "self".



1st person
2nd person
3rd person
Others
Reflexive
Singular
他,她,它
人家
自己
Plural
我们
你们
他们,她们




-> Source: wikipedia.org
-> Read mor to see how it is different from region to region and from time to time.

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