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Jen
Date : 2011-07-14 / 03:51PM
Nìhǎo!
wǒ shì…. a beginner!
how do you say, “myself” or, “yourself” or “himself”, “herself” or “itself”?
I read somewhere that there was one word to describe them all (zìjǐ, 自己) but I’ve never seen that word anywhere else since! Is that even a word?
I know how to say I/me (我 wǒ), you (有 yǒu), he/she (他 tā), and then how to make them all plural, for example, we: 我们 wǒmen, etc
Xiexie!
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| | jen mab6.net
2011-07-14 / 03:52PM | | i meant you: nǐ 你
how embarrassing! | |
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| | Benny the Mandarin Teacher askbenny.net
2011-07-14 / 04:41PM | | i meant you: nǐ 你
how embarrassing! Hi Jen,
Welcome to AskBennyChinese. To answer your question:
Myself = wǒ zìjǐ
Yourself = nǐ zǐji
Tā zìjǐ = Himself/ Herself/ itself (please notice that he/she/it have the same
sound but in different characters)
To make it plural:
wǒmen = We/ Us
nǐmen = you guys
tāmen = them/ they
Benny
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| | Jen mab6.net
2011-07-15 / 03:37PM | | To : Benny the Mandarin Teacher
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Hi Jen,
Welcome to AskBennyChinese. To answer your question:
Myself = wǒ zìjǐ
Yourself = nǐ zǐji
Tā zìjǐ = Himself/ Herself/ itself (please notice that he/she/it have the same
sound but in different characters)
To make it plural:
wǒmen = We/ Us
nǐmen = you guys
tāmen = them/ they
Benny I see, thankyou!
so, because the different tā’s have different characters depending on Gender or if they are an object, in the plural versions, if i was describing a group of males i’d write 他们, then a group of females i’d write 她们 ?
but then, what if there was a group of mixed males and female? or would you just use 她们?
Jen | |
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| | Benny the Mandarin Teacher askbenny.net
2011-07-15 / 04:43PM | | I see, thankyou!
so, because the different tā’s have different characters depending on Gender or if they are an object, in the plural versions, if i was describing a group of males i’d write 他们, then a group of females i’d write 她们 ?
but then, what if there was a group of mixed males and female?… ni hao Jen,
If there is a group of mixed males and female, we will use 他们
Benny Feng
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