Identifying Someone by Relationship

When we introduce a person, we can say the relationship we have with that person. We will learn the expressions we can use when referring to one single person or multiple people.

To refer to only one person, we can say:

We can also use a demonstrative construction to refer to a person based on the person’s distance from us. We can omit the noun 人 jan4 (e.g., 呢個人 ni1 go3 jan4 → 呢個ni1 go3) because it is obvious in the context.

To refer to more than one person, we can say:

We can also use a demonstrative construction. To avoid repetition, only examples with 呢 ni1 will be included below. Simply replace 呢 ni1 with 嗰 go2 if needed. Also, the noun 人 jan4 will be omitted in the following examples.

To refer to exactly two people, we can say:

To refer to someone present in the conversation politely, we can say:

To refer to several people, we can say:

To refer to exactly two people, we can say:

We can also use the personal pronouns 佢 keoi5 or 佢地 keoi5 dei6.