Soal Possessive Pronoun

Pengertian Possessive Pronoun

Possessive Pronoun adalah kata ganti yang berfungsi untuk menunjukkan kepemilikan. Di dalam suatu kalimat, kata ini dapat menempati posisi sebagai subject, subject complement, atau direct object.

Table of Contents: Pengertian Possessive Pronoun Penggunaan dan Contoh Kalimat Possessive Pronoun Possessive Pronoun dan Possessive Adjective

Pada contoh kalimat pada gambar di atas, possessive pronoun “yours” menempati posisi direct object bagi verb “borrow”.

Lihat juga:

• Double Possessive
• Compound Possessive
• Possessive Case
• Possessive Adjective
• Possessive Form: Noun dan Pronoun

Penggunaan Possessive Pronoun

Possessive pronoun digunakan ketika object of possession diketahui berdasarkan konteks. Biasanya ada bagian pendahulu atau antecedent, singular atau plural, yang berhubungan dengan object of possession tersebut.

Contoh Kalimat Possessive Pronoun dan Artinya

1. My brother’s study table was pink. Mine was light blue.
   (Meja belajar saudara saya merah muda. Punya saya biru muda.) subject
2. I like my job. Do you like yours?
   (Saya menyukai pekerjaan saya. Apakah kamu menyukai pekerjaanmu?) direct object
3. Whose wallet is this? It’s hers.
   (Dompet punya siapa ini? Itu miliknya.) subject complement
4. Those aren’t our new uniforms. Those are theirs.
   (Itu bukan seragam baru kita. Itu punya mereka.) subject complement

Possessive Pronoun dan Possessive Adjective

Kata ini mirip dengan possessive adjective (disebut juga possessive determiner) — semakna namun berbeda dalam struktur. Possessive pronoun menggantikan noun sedangkan possessive adjective ditempatkan sebelum noun untuk menerangkannya.

Person	Number	Possessive 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

Hers dan her untuk female (perempuan), his untuk male (laki-laki), sedangkan its untuk gender netral.

Contoh Kalimat Possessive Pronoun dan Possessive Adjective

1. Mine has worn out.
   (Punya saya sudah aus.)

   My shoes have worn out.
   (Sepatu saya sudah aus.)

2. I like yours.
   (Saya suka punyamu.)

   I like your style.
   (Saya suka gayamu.)

3. This is hers.
   (Ini miliknya.)

   This is her scarf.
   (ini syalnya.)

4. They are using ours.
   (Mereka sedang menggunakan punya kita.)

   They are using our tools.
   (Mereka sedang menggunakan peralatan kita.)

5. Yours are on the table.
   (Punya kalian di atas meja.)

   Your tickets are on the table.
   (Tiket kalian di atas meja.)

6. Theirs are the best for dry skin.
   (Punya mereka terbaik untuk kulit kering.)

   Their products are the best for dry skin.
   (Produk mereka terbaik untuk kulit kering.)

Related Posts:

• Soal Possessive Pronoun
• Soal Personal Pronoun
• Personal Pronoun

• Interrogative Pronoun
• Demonstrative Pronoun (That, This, These, Those): Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat
• Double Possessive: Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat Bahasa Inggris
• First-Person Pronoun: Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat
• Compound Possessive: Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat Bahasa Inggris
• Third-Person Pronoun: Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat Bahasa Inggris
• Subjective Case (Pronoun): Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat
• Person (Grammar): Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat Bahasa Inggris
• Reflexive Pronoun: Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat Bahasa Inggris
• Possessive Case (Pronoun): Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat

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