A1

Personal Pronouns

人稱代詞

About this concept

Basic personal pronouns: 我 ngo5 (I), 你 nei5 (you), 佢 keoi5 (he/she/it), 我哋 ngo5 dei6 (we), 你哋 nei5 dei6 (you plural), 佢哋 keoi5 dei6 (they). Plural formed by adding 哋.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~25 cards at level A1.

Examples

我係香港人。I am a Hong Konger.
你叫咩名？What is your name?
佢係我朋友。He/She is my friend.
我哋一齊去。We go together.

Concepts that build on this

係 (to be)A1有 (to have / there is)A1Basic Question PatternsA1Basic Verbs and Word OrderA1Possessive 嘅 ParticleA1Indefinite Pronouns and 啲A1Family TermsA1Reflexive and Emphatic 自己A2

More A1 concepts

The Six Tones六聲調Jyutping Romanization粵拼Basic Greetings and Expressions基本問候語係 (to be)動詞「係」有 (to have / there is)動詞「有」

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