How to use demonstrative pronouns in Chinese

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Chinese demonstrative pronouns : this

Demonstrative pronouns are used with nouns to make them more specific. The English demonstrative pronoun 'this' is 'zhè' in Chinese.

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zhè gè nŭrén

this woman

zhè bă yĭzì

this chair

zhè gè nánrén

this man

zhè gè píngguŏ

this apple

zhè bĕn shū

this book

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Step 6 : Chinese demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to specific objects and their locations. In English, this would be the words this and these to refer to objects which are near and that and those to refer to objects which are further away. Using the nouns shū, yĭzì and mén (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use the demonstrative pronouns with each of these nouns (this book, that chair, these doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Chinese demonstrative pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned to use the Chinese demonstrative pronouns with the nouns shū, yĭzì and mén and the plural nouns shū, yĭzì and mén you can move on to Step 7 (Chinese adjectives).

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