Expressing Personal Possession in Mandarin Chinese
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Using the Chinese personal pronouns possessively is also very easy compared to most other languages, just append the determiner particle 的 (de) to the pronoun, as the following example will illustrate. The thing that is being determined will appear after this particle, and the thing that determines it (the possessive adjective/pronoun in western grammar) will appear in front of it:
- 我的大学 (wǒ de dàxué) - my university
- 你的大学 (nǐ de dàxué) - your university
- 他的大学 (tā de dàxué) - his university
- 我们的大学 (wǒmen de dàxué) - our university
- 你们的大学 (nǐmen de dàxué) - your university
- 他们的大学 (tāmen de dàxué) - their university
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Independent constructions (possessive pronouns)
Such a construction can be transformed into a more independent construction, similar to the possessive pronouns like "mine", "yours", "ours" in english:
- 这所大学是我的 (zhè suǒ dàxué shì wǒ de) - This university is mine
- 这所大学是他们的 (zhè suǒ dàxué shì tāmen de) - This university is theirs
