Pronouns are words that replace nouns in a sentence to avoid repetition and make communication clearer. They help refer to people, places, things, or ideas without constantly repeating their names.
Personal pronouns are used to refer to specific people or things.
While in English there's subject and object pronouns, Mandarin uses the same words for both cases, no matter the order or function in the sentence.
In English you would have to adapt to me, him, her, us and them, but you can keep the same pronouns in Mandarin.
Possessive pronous can be used to show ownership. To indicate possession in Mandarin, simply add 的 (de) after any of the previous pronouns.
Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and object are the same, like myself, himself, ourselves. The reflexive pronouns are formed simply by adding 自己 (zìjǐ).
Demonstrative pronouns are used to indicate specific things.
Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions. Some words are interrogative adverbs in English, but in Mandarin there's little distinction.
Relative pronouns can introduce dependent clauses. Mandarin doesn't have relative pronouns such as who and which. Instead, you must use 的 (de) to indicate that.
Indefinite pronouns are words that refer to non-specific people or things.
Without directly equivalent in Enlish, 多少 (duōshǎo) can be used for any amount, also adding 都 and 也 for negation.