PRONOUN

Pronouns are substitute words forn nouns or noun phrases. The following are the types of pronouns

1. Personal Pronoun ( Kata Ganti Orang )

Personal pronouns are those associated with a certain person, thing, or group; all except you have distinct forms that indicate singular or plural number

PERSONAL PRONOUN
		Subject	Example	Object	Example
SINGULAR	1ST Person	I	I buy a book	Me	Rudi gives me a book
	2nd Person	You	You buy a book	You	Rudi gives you a book
	3rd Person	He	He buys a book	Him	Rudi gives him a book
		She	She buys a book	Her	Rudi gives her a book
		It	It eats a meat	It	Rudi gives it a meat
PLURAL	1ST Person	We	We buy some snacks	Us	Rudi gives us some snacks
	2nd Person	You	You buy some snacks	You	Rudi gives you some snacks
	3rd Person	They	They buy some snacks	Them	Rudi gives them some snacks

 

2. Possessive Pronoun ( Kata Ganti Kepunyaan )

Possessive pronouns are those designating possession or ownership ( kata ganti yang dipakai untuk menyatakan kepunyaan seseorang )

POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
		Possessive Adjective	Example	Possessive Pronoun	Example
SINGULAR	1ST Person	My	This is my book	Mine	He didn’t bring an umbrella. So, I lent him mine
	2nd Person	Your	This is your book	Yours	This book is yours
	3rd Person	His	This is his book	His	Those papers is his
		Her	This is her book	Hers	That lipstick is hers
		Its	This is its tail
PLURAL	1ST Person	Our	This is our classroom	Ours	This room is ours
	2nd Person	Your	This is your classroom	Yours	This room is yours
	3rd Person	Their	This is their classroom	Theirs	This room is theirs

 

3. Reflexive Pronoun ( Kata Ganti Reflexive )

Reflexive Pronouns are those preceded by the adverb, adjective, pronoun, or noun to which they refer, and ending in –self or –selves  ( kata ganti diri sendiri )

REFLEXIVE PRONOUN
		Personal Pronoun	Reflexive Pronoun	Example
SINGULAR	1ST Person	I	Myself	I write myself that letter
	2nd Person	You	Yourself	You yourself park the car in the garage
	3rd Person	He	Himself	He hurt himself with knife
		She	Herself	Rita herself sends the books
		It	Itself	His dog hurts itself
PLURAL	1ST Person	We	Ourselves	We talked ourselves with the President
	2nd Person	You	Yourselves	You all yourselves will play the games
	3rd Person	They	Themselves	Rudi and Rita themselves paid all the bills

 

 

REFERENCES :

• Budiman, Arief. 2001. Tata Bahasa Inggris untuk Kelas 1,2 dan 3 SMU. CV. Pustaka Setia: Bandung
• http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/pronouns-2/

 

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