Chinese
Language Learning Program
Lesson 50 –
Possessive Pronouns in Chinese
Hello, everyone. Welcome back. This is Baixue’s Chinese
Language Learning Program. Last time, we talk about Personal Pronouns. Today,
we will learn Possessive Pronoun in Chinese.
wù zhú dài cí
物 主 代 词 (Possesive Pronoun)
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Possesive Pronoun
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Adjectival
possesive pronoun
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Nominal
possessive
pronoun
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Singular
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First possessive
pronoun
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wǒ de
我 的(my)
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wǒ
de
我 的(mine)
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Second
possessive pronoun
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nǐ de
你
的(your)
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nǐ de
你
的(yours)
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Third
possessive pronoun
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tā de
他
的(his)
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tā de
他
的(his)
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tā de
她
的(her)
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tā de
她
的(her)
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tā de
它
的(its)
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tā de
它
的(its)
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Plural
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First possessive
pronoun
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wǒ men de
我 们 的(our)
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wǒ
men de
我 们 的(ours)
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Second
possessive pronoun
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nǐ
men de
你 们 的(your)
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nǐ
men de
你 们 的(yours)
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Third
possessive pronoun
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tā
men de
他 们 的(their)
(它)她 们 的
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tā
men de
他 们 的(theirs)
(它)她 们 的
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Example:
1. First possessive pronoun
zhè shì wǒ de
shū.
这 是 我
的 书。(This is my book.)
wǒ men rè ài wǒ
men de zǔ guó.
我 们 热 爱 我 们 的 祖 国。
(We love our
country.)
2. Second possessive pronoun
wǒ kě yǐ yòng yī yòng nǐ de bǐ ma？nǐ de bǐ
我 可 以 用 一 用 你 的 笔 吗？你 的 比
wǒ de hǎo yòng.
我 的 好 用。
(May I use your pen? Yours works better.)
3. Third possessive pronoun
zhè
yǒu běn shū, shì tā de (shū).
这 有 本 书, 是 她 的 (书)。
(There
is a book. It's hers.)
zhè shì wǒ de
bǐ，bú shì tā de.
这 是 我 的 笔，不 是 他
的。
(This pen is mine,
not his.)
zhè shì wǒ
(men) de fáng jiān, nà shì tā (men) de.
这 是 我 (们) 的 房
间，那 是 他
(们) 的。
(This is my(our)room
and that one is his(their)room.)
Today’s idiom is “ (huà shé tiān zú, 画蛇添足。)”---means
“Paint a snake with feet. (paint the lily) which means that “ The action
[measure; step] just taken was really
unnecessary.”
That is all for today.
xiè xiè!
谢 谢 ! (Thanks!)
xià cì jiàn
下 次 见! (See you next time!)
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ReplyDeleteDoes this also apply to nouns?
ReplyDelete我想吃狗的肉！
（I want to eat the dog's meat!)