Soal Possessive Adjective

Pengertian Possessive Adjective

Possessive adjective adalah determiner (special adjective) yang digunakan untuk menyatakan kepemilikan (possession) terhadap noun. Possessive adjective terdiri dari my, your, his, her, its, our, dan their.

Contoh Possessive Adjective

• my books (buku saya)
• your father (ayahmu)
• our class (kelas kita)
• their offer (tawaran mereka)
• his last name (nama belakangnya)
• her skirt (roknya)
• its tail (ekornya)

Contoh Kalimat Possessive Adjective

1. Your father just left five minutes ago.
   (Ayahmu baru saja pergi lima menit lalu.)
2. He has accepted their offer.
   (Dia telah menerima tawaran mereka.)
3. I didn’t even know his last name.
   (Saya bahkan tidak mengetahui nama belakangnya.)

Possessive Pronoun dan Possessive Adjective

Possessive adjective memiliki bentuk yang mirip dengan possessive pronoun. Perbandingan antara pronoun dengan possessive adjective dapat dilihat pada tabel berikut.

Person	Number	Posessive Pronoun
1st	Singular	mine
2nd		yours
3rd		hers, his
1st	Plural	ours
2nd		yours
3rd		theirs
Person	Number	Possessive Adjective
1st	singular atau plural	my
2nd		your
3rd		her, his, its
1st		our
2nd		your
3rd		their

Pronoun berfungsi mengantikan noun yang dapat berupa singular (mine, yours, hers, his, its) atau plural (ours, yours, theirs). Jika pronoun yang berperan sebagai subjek kalimat berupa singular, maka verb yang mengikuti berbentuk singular, begitupun sebaliknya.

Sedangkan semua possessive adjective dapat digunakan bersama singular maupun plural noun. Ketika noun yang berperan sebagai subjek kalimat berupa singular, maka diikuti verb berbentuk singular, berlaku sebaliknya.

Contoh Kalimat Possessive Pronoun / Possessive Adjective

• Mine is the biggest one. / My house is the biggest one.
  (Milikku adalah yang terbesar. / Rumahku adalah yang terbesar.) subject
• The city is mine. / The city is my hometown.
  (Kota tsb milikku. / Kota tsb adalah kampung halamanku.) subject complement
• Yours was sent yesterday. / Your letter was sent yesterday.
  (Milikmu dikirim kemarin. / Suratmu dikirim kemarin.) subject
• Yours were sent yesterday. / Your letters were sent yesterday. subject
• Today is yours. / Today is your day.
  (Hari ini milikmu. / Hari ini harimu.) subject complement
• Hers is beautiful. / Her skirt is beautiful.
  (Miliknya cantik. / Rok dia cantik.) subject
• It is not his. / It is not his car.
  (Itu bukan miliknya. / Itu bukan mobilnya.) subject complement
• I like his. / I like his car.
  (Saya suka miliknya. / Saya suka mobil dia.) object
• – / That puppy wagged its tail.
  (Anak anjing itu mengibaskan ekornya.)
• Ours is on the table. / Our key is on the table.
  (Milik kita di atas meja. / Kunci kita di atas meja.) subject
• That is ours. / That is our class.
  (Itu milik kita. / Itu kelas kita.) subject complement
• They found ours. / They found our key.
  (Mereka menemukan milik kita. / Mereka menemukan kunci kita.) object
• Theirs are the official rules. / Their rules are the official rules.
  (Punya mereka adalah peraturan resmi. / Peraturan mereka adalah peraturan resmi.) subject
• Some of the good books are theirs. / Some are their own.
  (Beberapa dari buku bagus tsb adalah milik mereka. / Beberapa adalah milik mereka.) subject complement

Posisi Possessive Adjective di dalam Noun Phrase

Possessive adjective tepat berada di depan simple noun atau dapat disela oleh determiner lain maupun adjective (sebagai modifier) pada noun phrase. Sebagai informasi, possessive adjective merupakan salah satu dari central determiner, yaitu determiner yang diletakkan diantara pre dan post-determiner pada suatu noun phrase.

Contoh Possessive Adjective di dalam Noun Phrase

1. your choice
   

   Keterangan:

   determiner “possessive adjective” (your) + noun (choice)

2. two-third his salary
   

   Keterangan:

   predeterminer “fraction” (two-third) + central determiner “possessive adjective” (my) + noun (salary)

3. my funny cat
   

   Keterangan:

   determiner “possessive adjective” (my) + modifier “adjective” (funny) + noun (cat)

Related Posts:

• Soal Possessive Adjective
• Soal Its vs. It’s
• Its vs. It’s
• Possessive Pronoun
• Possessive Form
• Demonstrative Adjective
• Possessive Pronoun

References:

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2. Possessive Adjectives (my, your, his, her, its, our, their). and Demonstrative Words (this, that, these, those). http://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/9780472032419-unit2.pdf.  Accessed on October 16, 2012.
3. Possessive Adjectives. http://www.mit.edu/course/21/21.guide/a-posses.htm.  Accessed on October 16, 2012.
4. What Is An Adjective? http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/adjectve.html.  Accessed on October 16, 2012.