Pronoun
PRONOUN (Kata Ganti)
A. Personal Pronoun
Personal Pronoun adalah kata yang digunakan untuk menggantikan orang, benda, binatang atau hal lainnya.
Personal Pronoun bisa digunakan sebagai:
Subject Nominative (Subjek Pelaku)Object Accusative (Objek Pendirita)Possessive Adjective (Kata Sifat Kepemilikan)Possessive Pronoun (Kata Ganti Pemilik)Reflexive Pronoun (Kata Ganti Refleksif)
Keterangan

Kata Ganti Sebagai Subjek
Kata ganti sebagai subjek ini diletakkan di awal kalimat.
Untuk lebih jelasnya, bisa diperhatikan contoh-contoh dibawah ini:
Toni is a student. = He is a student.Ayu is clever. = She is clever.Toni and Ayu are smart. = They are smart.You and Roy are sleepy. = You are sleepy.My mother and I are in here = We are in hereThe cat is funny. = It is funny.The cats are funny. = They are funny.
Kata Ganti Sebagai Objek:

Kata ganti sebagai objek ini diletakkan setelah verb (kata kerja) dan setelah preposition (kata depan)
Contoh;
Beni calls Susi .
Beni calls her.
Beni calls her.
I call Brian
I call him
I call him
They know Toni and me.
They know us
They know us
We help our parents
We help them
We help them
I like a cat
I like it
I like it
Possessive Adjective
Subject
Possessive Adjective
Contoh Penggunaan
I
my
My pen
you
your
Your pen
we
our
Their pen
they
their
Our pen
he
him
His pen
she
her
Her pen
it
its
Its pen
Apabila menunjukkan milik tidak menggunakan kata ganti (pronoun) diatas tetapi menggunakan nama atau kata benda,
maka digunakan apostrophe (tanda ‘) ditambah s dibelakang nama atau kata benda tersebut.
Contoh: Fatih’s book (bukunya Fatih)
Tetapi jika noun tersebut sudah ada “s” diakhir katanya, maka cukup ditambah dengan tanda apostrophe (tanda ‘) saja.
Contoh: My parents’ houseMy parents’ house (Rumahnya orang tua saya)Sulis’ book (Bukunya Sulis)
Possessive Pronoun (Kata Ganti Pemilik)

Perbedaan antara Posssessive Adjective dan Possessive Pronoun
Posssessive Adjective diletakkan setelah noun. Contoh: This is mybook. Possessive Pronoun diletakkan sebelum/tanpa noun. Contoh: Thisbook is mine. / This is mine.
B. Interrogative Pronouns
Yaitu kata-kata yang digunakan untuk bertanya.Who = siapa (subject)
Who is he talking to?
Who are those people?Whom = siapa (object)
Whom are you playing with?
Whom is he talking to?Which = yang mana
Which of these bags is yours?
Which do you prefer?Whose = milik siapa
Whose is this umbrella?
Whose are these gloves?What = apa
What is your dog’s name?
What are you talking about?
What is the time?
C. Demonstrative Pronouns
Merupakan kata ganti penunjuk. Yaitu kata: this, that, these, those.Penggunaan this dan theseketika menunjuk sesuatu yang dekat. (berarti: ini)
Penggunaan that dan thoseketika menunjuk sesuatu yang jauh. (berarti: itu)Singular : this, that
Plural : these, thoseContoh Penggunaan:Singular :This is a hill.
Plural : These are donkeys.Singular :That is a mountain.
Plural : Those are horses.
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