🤓 What You’ll Learn
✔️ How to ask “Who is he/she?” using 谁 (shéi)
✔️ Practice with 他 / 她 / 它 / 我们 / 你们
✔️Understand how to make plurals with 们 (men)
✔️ Use basic people-related words like “teacher”, “friend”
✨ Let’s Begin
谁 (shéi) means “who”.
In Chinese, to ask “Who is he”, we say:
他是谁？
tā shì shéi
→ Who is he?
In Chinese, the sentence structure is:
👉 subject + verb + noun
Example:
他是老师。
tā shì lǎoshī
→ He is a teacher.
Now, to ask a question like “Who is he?”,
you just replace the noun with a question word like “who” (谁).
👉 subject + verb + question word
Examples:
他是谁？
tā shì shéi
→ Who is he?
这是什么？
zhè shì shénme
→ What is this?
So simple, right?
🟡 just change the last word!
💬Easy Dialogues
Let’s look at very simple, natural conversations:
👩🏻他是谁？
tā shì shéi
→ Who is he?
👨🏻他是我的朋友。
tā shì wǒ de péngyou
→ He is my friend.
👩🏻她是谁？
tā shì shéi
→ Who is she?
👨🏻她是我的女朋友。
tā shì wǒ de nǚpéngyou
→ She is my girlfriend.
🤔 Wait! They sound the same!?
In Chinese, 他 (he👨🏻) and 她 (she👩🏻) and 它 (it🐶📖) are all pronounced “tā.”
They sound exactly the same, but the characters are different.
🚀Level Up
Making Plural in Chinese
Want to say “we”, “they”, or “you all”?
It’s super simple in Chinese!
Just add “们 (men)” after the pronoun!
📝 “们 (men)” is usually used after pronouns,
but also works with some people-related nouns like:
朋友们 (friends), 老师们 (teachers), 女士们 (ladies), 先生们 (gentlemen)
👉 It cannot be used with objects like 苹果们 🍎 or 杯子们 🥤—those sound unnatural in Chinese.
💬Let’s Talk!
Now let’s see how everything you’ve learned comes together in real conversations.
👩🏻她是谁？
tā shì shéi
→ Who is she?
👨🏻她是我的女儿。
tā shì wǒ de nǚ’ér
→ She’s my daughter.
👩🏻他是你的儿子吗？
tā shì nǐ de érzi ma?
→ Is he your son?
👨🏻他不是我的儿子。
tā bú shì wǒ de érzi
→ He’s not my son.
👨🏻他是我的学生。
tā shì wǒ de xuéshēng
→ He’s my student.
👨🏻他是你的哥哥吗？
tā shì nǐ de gēge ma?
→ Is he your older brother?
👩🏻他是我的男朋友。
tā shì wǒ de nánpéngyou
→ He’s my boyfriend.
👩🏻他们是谁？
tāmen shì shéi
→ Who are they?
👨🏻他们是我的同学。
tāmen shì wǒ de tóngxué
→ They are my classmates.
📝Vocabulary List
谁 (shéi) – who
老师 (lǎoshī) – teacher
学生 (xuéshēng) – student
朋友 (péngyou) – friend
女朋友 (nǚpéngyou) – girlfriend
男朋友 (nánpéngyou) – boyfriend
女儿 (nǚ’ér) – daughter
儿子 (érzi) – son
哥哥 (gēge) – older brother
同学 (tóngxué) – classmate
🎓Lesson Summary
In this lesson, you learned how to ask and answer one of the most essential questions in Chinese:
“Who is he/she?” → 他是谁？(tā shì shéi)
You also discovered that:
✅ Chinese sentence structure stays the same—even in questions!
subject + verb + question word
Just change the last word!
✅ “他 (he)”, “她 (she)”, and “它 (it)” all sound the same: tā
You need context to know the difference!
✅ To make plural pronouns, simply add “们 (men)”
Like 我 → 我们 (we), 他 → 他们 (they)
✅ And you saw how it all fits in real-life conversations using
basic and useful vocabulary like friend, student, daughter, and more.
You’re building a strong foundation.
Keep going—you’re doing great! 💪
