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This is a list of pronouns in Cantonese. This includes subject, object, and the possessive. These are used on a daily basis, so don't skip this lesson. We start with the object pronouns such as "I, you, her ..."
I: 我 wǒ |
You: 你 nǐ |
He: 佢 qú |
She: 佢 qú |
We: 我哋 wǒ diè |
You (pl.): 你哋 nǐ diè |
They: 佢哋 qú diè |
Here are samples to demonstrate how the object pronoun is used in a sentence.
I love you: 我愛你 wǒ ài nǐ |
She is beautiful: 佢好靚女 qú hǎo jìngnǚ |
We are happy: 我地好開心 wǒ dì hǎo kāixīn |
They are dancing: 佢地跳緊舞 qú de tiào jǐn wǔ |
Now we look into the subject pronoun such as "me, him, us, them ...".
Me: 我 wǒ |
You: 你 nǐ |
Him: 佢 qú |
Her: 佢 qú |
Us: 我哋 wǒ diè |
You (pl.): 你哋 nǐ diè |
Them: 佢哋 qú diè |
These are examples to demonstrate how the subject pronoun is used in a sentence.
Give me your phone number: 俾你個電話號碼我 bǐ nǐ gè diànhuà hàomǎ wǒ |
I can give you my email: 我可以俾我個電郵地址你 wǒ kěyǐ bǐ wǒ gè diànyóu dìzhǐ nǐ |
Tell him to call me: 叫佢打電話俾我 jiào qú dǎ diànhuà bǐ wǒ |
Can you call us?: 你可唔可以打電話俾我地? nǐ kě wú kěyǐ dǎ diànhuà bǐ wǒ de? |
We reach now the possessive adjective part, used to refer to thing we possess. Examples: "my, our, their ...".
My: 我嘅 wǒ kǎi |
Your: 你嘅 nǐ kǎi |
His: 佢嘅 qú kǎi |
Her: 佢嘅 qú kǎi |
Our: 我哋嘅 wǒ diè kǎi |
Your (pl.): 你哋嘅 nǐ diè kǎi |
Their: 佢哋嘅 qú diè kǎi |
Here are samples to demonstrate how the possessive adjective is used.
My phone number is . . .: 我個電話號碼係 wǒ gè diànhuà hàomǎ xì |
His email is . . .: 佢個電郵地址係 qú gè diànyóu dìzhǐ xì |
Our dream is to visit Spain: 我地嘅夢想係去西班牙 wǒ de kǎi mèngxiǎng xì qù xībānyá |
Their country is beautiful: 佢地個國家好靚 qú de gè guójiā hǎo jìng |
This is the possessive pronoun. Used as an alternative to the possessive adjectives above. Instead of saying "It is my dog" you can say "It is mine".
Mine: 我嘅 wǒ kǎi |
Yours: 你嘅 nǐ kǎi |
His: 佢嘅 qú kǎi |
Hers: 佢嘅 qú kǎi |
Ours: 我哋嘅 wǒ diè kǎi |
Yours (pl.): 你哋嘅 nǐ diè kǎi |
Theirs: 佢哋嘅 qú diè kǎi |
These are some examples of the possessive pronoun in a sentence.
The book is mine: 本書係我嘅 běnshū xì wǒ kǎi |
Is this pen yours?: 呢支筆係唔係你㗎? ne zhī bǐ xì wú xì nǐ 㗎? |
The shoes are hers: 嗰對鞋係佢嘅 Gè duì xié xì qú kǎi |
Victory is ours: 勝利係屬於我哋嘅 shènglì xì shǔyú wǒ diè kǎi |
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