Lesson 4

 


 

 

 

       

 

Possessive Pronouns  

 

Possessive particle

Chinese (phonetics)

Chinese (written)

De5

 

A possessive pronoun is formed by:

Personal pronoun +

 

English

Chinese (phonetic )

Chinese (written)

     

Me, mine

wo3 de5

You, yours

ni3 de5

His/her

nin2 de5

His/her

ta1 de5

/ 她 / 它

Our

wo3men5 de5

我们

Your

ni3men5 de5

你们

Their

ta1men5 de5

他们 / 她们 / 它们

 

You can also form the possessive pronoun by:

Name +

 

English

Chinese (phonetic)

Chinese (written)

     

Ana's book

Ana de5 shu1

     

Ana's friend

Ana de5 peng2you5

朋友

     

Ana's boyfriend

Ana de5 nan2peng2you5

男朋友

     

Charle's girlfriend

Carlos de5 nü3peng2you5

卡洛斯女朋友

     

Ana's father

Ana de5 ba4ba5

爸爸

     

My friend's father

Wo3 de5 peng2you5 de5 ba4ba5

朋友爸爸

     

My friend's boyfriend''s dad.

Wo3 de5 peng2you5 de5 nan2peng2you5 de5 ba4ba5

朋友男朋友爸爸

     

Your boyfriend's parents

Ni3 de5 nan2peng2you5 de5 fu4mu3

男朋友父母

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Vocabulary

English

Chinese (phonetic)

Chinese (written)

     

Book

Shu1

Friend

Peng2you5

朋友

Man

Nan2

Woman

nü3

Boyfriend

Nan2peng2you5

男朋友

Girlfriend

nü3peng2you5

女朋友

Father

Ba4ba5

爸爸

Mother

Ma1ma

妈妈

The parents

Fu4mu3

父母

 

Every day chinese character

tian1 (sky): A line

onto top of a bigger line

A big person (adult) with a lid onto of the head is the sky.