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Pronouns & Basic Sentence Structure
Personal pronouns
我 (wǒ)
I / me
wǒ
First person singular pronoun
你 (nǐ) / 您 (nín)
you / you (polite)
nǐ / nín
Informal vs formal second person
他 / 她 / 它 (tā)
he / she / it
tā
All pronounced the same; differ in character
我们 / 你们 / 他们
we / you all / they
wǒmen / nǐmen / tāmen
Plural suffix 们 (men)
我是学生。
I am a student.
Wǒ shì xuésheng.
是 (shì) = to be
我吃饭。
I eat rice.
Wǒ chī fàn.
Basic Subject-Verb-Object order
这是书。
This is a book.
Zhè shì shū.
Demonstrative 这 (zhè) = this
那是我的书。
That is my book.
Nà shì wǒ de shū.
Possessive particle 的 (de)
她很高。
She is very tall.
Tā hěn gāo.
Adjective predicate — no 是 needed
他是老师，对吗？
He is a teacher
right?
Tā shì lǎoshī