1.1 Personal Pronouns
🔍 Observe!
Observe the personal pronouns and complete the description.
We add ________ behind a single personal pronoun (for one person) to form a plural personal pronoun (for more than one person).
1.
We add 哋 dei6 behind a single personal pronoun to form a plural personal pronoun.
⚠️ This rule is only applied to personal pronouns, but not other nouns.
2.
佢 keoi5 and 佢哋 keoi5 dei6 don’t indicate the gender of the person or people being referred to.
3.
In English, the pronouns it and they can be used to refer to something that does not have life.
In Cantonese, we mostly use 佢 keoi5 and 佢哋 keoi5 dei6 to refer to human being or something animate (i.e. having life or sensations).
4.
In English, personal pronouns for the subject and the object in a sentence are different.
In Cantonese, we use the same sets of personal pronouns for both the subject and the object in a sentence.
The same pronoun 佢 keoi5 is used as the subject and the object.