Chinese:Pronouns
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Chinese being an isolant language, has a single morpheme for each word. In English you use "I" if it's the subject of a sentence, and "me" if it's the object, but in Mandarin Chinese, for example, you have 我(wǒ) in both cases.
| Number | Person | Mandarin | Cantonese | Hakka |
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| Singular | 1st | 我 wǒ | 我 ngo5 | 𠊎 ngai2 |
| 2nd | 你 nǐ | 你 nei5 | 爾 ngi2 | |
| 3rd masculine (He) | 他 tā | 佢 keoi5 | 佢/渠 gi2 | |
| 3rd feminine (She) | 她 tā | 佢 keoi5 | 佢/渠 gi2 | |
| 3rd object (It) | 它 tā | 佢 keoi5 | 佢/渠 gi2 | |
| Plural | 1st | 我们 wǒ men | 我哋 ngo5 dei6 | 𠊎兜(i)1 ngai2 diu1/ 吾兜(e)1 nga1 diu1 |
| 2nd | 你们 nǐ men | 你哋 nei5 dei6 | 若兜 ngia1 diu1 | |
| 3rd masculine | 他们 tā men | 佢哋 keoi5 dei6 | 其兜 gia1 diu1 | |
| 3rd feminine | 她们 tā men | 佢哋 keoi5 dei6 | 其兜 gia1 diu1 | |
| 3rd neuter | 它们 tā men | 佢哋 keoi5 dei6 | 其兜 gia1 diu1 |
- Note 1: (i) for inclusive, (e) for exclusive.
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