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Teochew

I

ua4

you (for one person)

ler4

you (for more than one person)

nin4

we (excluding listener)

uan4

(we, including listener)

nan4

he/she

i3

they/them

i3nan10

my ….

ua42kai10 ……

my things

ua42kai10mued10kia`2

mine

ua42kai1 (emphasis ua4kai10)

my …. (relatives), e.g. my brother

ua42 / ua`42 …..,
e.g. ua42hia`3 / ua`42hia`3

your (for one person)

ler42kai10 ……

your (for one person) things

ler42kai10 mued10kia`2

Your (for one person) …. (relatives), e.g. your brother

ler42 / nia42 ….,
e.g. ler42 hia`3 / nia42 hia`3

yours (for one person)

ler42kai1 (emphasis ler4kai10)

your (for more than one person) ….

nin42kai10 ....

your (for more than one person) things

nin42kai10 mued10kia`2

your …. (relatives), e.g. your brother

nin42 ….., e.g. nin42hia’3

yours (for more than one person)

nin42kai1 (emphasis nin4kai10)

our (excluding listener) ….

uan42kai10 ….

our (excluding listener) things

uan 42kai10 mued10kia`2

our …. (relatives), e.g. our 2nd brother

uan42 …., e.g. uan42ji20hia`3

ours (excluding listener)

uan42kai1 (emphasis uan4kai10)

our (including listener) ….

nan42kai10 ….

our (including listener) things

nan42kai10 mued10kia`2

our (including listener) …. (relatives), e.g. our 3rd brother

nan42 …., e.g. nan42sa`3hia`3

ours (including listener)

nan42kai1 (emphasis nan4kai10)

his/her ….

i3kai10 ….

his/her things

i3kai10mued10kia`2

his/her …. (relatives), e.g.his/her 3rd brother

i3 …., e.g. i3sa`3hia`3

his/hers

i3kai1 (emphasis i3kai10)

their ….

i3nan10kai10 ….

their things

i3nan10kai10 mued10kia`2

their …. (relatives), e.g. their eldest brother

i3nan10 …., e.g. i3nan10tua0hia`3

theirs

i3nan10kai1 (emphasis i3nan1kai10)

 

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