Chinese (中文 繁體/简体) — Cases of personal pronouns
There are no case changes at all. Whether nominative or objective, the pronoun form is completely identical, and for the possessive it is enough simply to add the particle 的 after the pronoun.
Types of personal pronouns
Person (number) | Pronoun | Nominative | Objective (~을/를) | Possessive (~의) | Possessive pronoun (~의 것) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person (singular) | 我 (I) | 我 | 我 | 我的 | 我的 |
2nd person (singular) | 你 (you) | 你 | 你 | 你的 | 你的 |
3rd person (singular, masculine) | 他 (he) | 他 | 他 | 他的 | 他的 |
3rd person (singular, feminine) | 她 (she) | 她 | 她 | 她的 | 她的 |
3rd person (singular, thing) | 它 (it) | 它 | 它 | 它的 | 它的 |
1st person (plural) | 我们/我們 (we) | 我们 | 我们 | 我们的 | 我们的 |
2nd person (plural) | 你们/你們 (you all) | 你们 | 你们 | 你们的 | 你们的 |
3rd person (plural) | 他们/他們 (they) | 他们 | 他们 | 他们的 | 他们的 |
主格 (nominative)
A pronoun used as the subject. The form of the pronoun itself is completely identical to the objective, and only its position (before the verb) shows that it is the subject.
宾格/賓格 (objective)
A pronoun used as the object of a verb. Its form is the same as the nominative, and it is identified as the object only by its position after the verb.
所有格 (possessive)
If you simply add the particle 的 after a pronoun, it becomes possessive. This one rule applies equally to all persons and numbers.
所有代词/所有代詞 (possessive pronoun)
There is no separate word; the possessive form (~的) itself is used without a noun.
Example sentences
34. 我知道他的名字。
35. 它是我的书。
36. 她问了我一个问题。
37. 你很优秀。
38. 他昨天给了你一份礼物。
39. 桌子上的书是她的。
40. 她的衣服又旧又破。
41. 我给她提了一个新建议。
42. 它的颜色很神秘。
43. 告诉我们发生了什么事!
44. 我们试图解决我们的问题。
45. 我很快会联系他们。
46. 他们的看起来比我们的好。