Personal Pronouns

Personal Pronouns are very import part of Chinese Grammar. When the learn start to study Chinese, the Personal Pronouns always appear in basic conversation. To Compare with English Grammar, very straightforward and have the same form regardless of being subject, object, indirect object, etc

There are two groups of personal pronouns, which are singular Personal Pronouns and Plural Personal Pronouns

Singular Personal Pronouns

In English personal pronouns are (I, you, he, she, it,), and (me, you, him, her, it,), In Mandarin, the personal pronouns are :  我(wo ), 你(ni ),他(ta), 她（ta）,他(ta),和它（ta）

我(wo )：I and Me

Example：我叫Dora  (subject)

Pinyin: wo jiao Dora

English:  I am Dora

Example:  他喜欢我   (Object)

Pinyin:  ta yihuan wo

English:  He like me

你(ni ): you

Example: 你是哪国人？  (subject)

Pinyin:  ni shi na guo ren ?

English: What is your nationality?

Example:  我爱你 （Object）

Pinyin:  wo ai ni

English: I love you

他（ta）: he and him

Example:  他是男孩 （subject）

Pinyin:   ta shi nan hai

English:  He is a boy

Example: 我认识他 （Object）

Pinyin:  wo ren shi ta

English: I know him very well

她（ta） : She and her

Example:  她是女孩

Pinyin : ta shi nv hai

English: She is a girl

Example: 我在教她汉语

Pinyin:  wo zai jiao ta hanyu

English: I am teaching her Chinese.

它（ta）: it – no human

Example: 它是一个梦.

Pinyin: ta shi yi ge meng

English: it is just a dream

Plural Personal Pronouns

As stated above, plurals are made by adding the ending 们（men）

我们 ( women)  we and us

Example: 我们是同学

Pinyin: women  shi  tongxue 

English: We are classmates.

你们　(nimen)  you

Example:  你们找到工作了吗？

Pinyin: ni men zhao dao gong zuo le ma?

English:  Do you find jobs?

他们（tamen） they and them

Example:  他们去上学了

Pinyin:  ta men qu shang xue le

English: They go to school.