Use of and (5)

The specifiers zhè this or that can be used as the subject of a sentence, if the subject is visible to listeners. ‘This’ is commonly used when introducing people to each other. For instance, 是我爸爸 ... zhè shi wǒ bàba This is my father…

(copula/verb) 爸爸 (noun)

(short for 我的 )

Subject

Predicate

(specifier)