People & 'to be'
I, you, he/she, and the verb 是
HSK 1 · A1 · 9 words
Vocabulary
Pinyin colour = tone:1st2nd3rd4thneutral/mixed
我
wǒ
I / me
你
nǐ
you
他
tā
he / him
她
tā
she / her
我们
wǒmen
we / us
你们
nǐmen
you (plural)
他们
tāmen
they / them
这
zhè
this
那
nà
that
Grammar
是 links two nouns (A is B)
是 (shì) means 'to be' only between nouns - not before adjectives.
我是学生。
Wǒ shì xuésheng.
I am a student.
Plurals with 们
Add 们 (men) to a pronoun for the plural: 我们 (we), 你们 (you all), 他们 (they).
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