Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Standard Mandarin Personal Pronouns

Person
Singular
Plural*
First person
我
wǒ
I, me
Exclusive
Inclusive†
我們(们)
wǒmen
we, us
咱們(们)
zánmen
we, us
Second person
Informal
Polite
你們(们)
nǐmen
you
你
nǐ
you
您
nín
you
Third person
Masculine
Feminine
Neuter
Masculine
Feminine
Neuter
他
tā
he, him
她
tā
she, her
它
tā
it
他們(们)
tāmen
they, them
她們(们)
tāmen
they, them
它們(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.
Source: Wikipedia

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