HSK 1
人称代词：我、你、您、他、她、我们、你们、他们、她们
rén chēng dài cí ： wǒ 、 nǐ 、 nín 、 tā 、 tā 、 wǒ men 、 nǐ men 、 tā men 、 tā men
Personal pronouns
Explanation
Personal pronouns (人称代词 rénchēng dàicí) are words used to refer to the speaker, the listener, and the person being mentioned, standing in for a proper name.
singular 我 (wǒ - I/me), 你 (nǐ - you), 您 (nín - you, honorific), 他 (tā - he/him), 她 (tā - she/her); the plural adds 们 (men): 我们 (wǒmen - we/us), 你们 (nǐmen - you [plural]), 他们 (tāmen - they, male or mixed), 她们 (tāmen - they, all female).
they usually stand at the start of the sentence as the subject (the doer, at the start of the sentence), or after a verb as the object (the target of the action, e.g. "book" in "buy a book").
他 and 她 are pronounced EXACTLY the same (tā), differing only in writing (他 for males, 她 for females), so gender cannot be distinguished by ear. 您 (nín) is a polite form of address, used with elders or superiors, and has no common plural form (one does not say 您们).
Examples
Hello, I would like two notebooks.
Hello (polite)!
He wants to drink water.
She is very tall.
We are going to the bookstore; where are you going?
They are students.
They (the girls) are my classmates.
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