POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

( Kata ganti kepunyaan )

Di dalam kalimat “Ini buku Rudi” ( This is Rudi’s book), kata “Rudi” sebenarnya menunjukkan kepunyaan, yaitu “punya Rudi”. Jadi “Ini buku Rudi” maksudnya “Ini buku punya Rudi” atau “Buku ini punya Rudi”. ‘s (Apostrophe “s” ) yang terdapat sesudah kata Rudi menunjukkan kepunyaan. Bila Rudi diganti dengan kata ganti, kata gantinya bukan He tetapi His karena menunjukkan kepunyaan. Di dalam bahasa Inggris, kata-kata ganti untuk menunjukkan kepunyaan disebut Possessive Adjectives. (Kata ganti kepunyaan). Jumlahnya ada 7, yaitu :

Possessive Adjectives

My     =  . . . . . . . . . .  punya saya

Your  =  . . . . . . . . . .  punya kamu

His    =  . . . . . . . . . .  punya dia (laki-laki)

Her    =  . . . . . . . . . .  punya dia (perempuan)

Its      =  . . . . . . . . . .  punya dia (bukan orang)

Our    =  . . . . . . . . . .  punya kami

Their  =  . . . . . . . . . .  punya mereka

Contoh :

my house = rumah punya saya / rumah saya

our house = rumah punya kami / rumah kami

its tail        = ekor punya dia / ekor dia

         Mary is my cousin.. Her house is very big
         Rudi is an SMA student. His house is near the public library
         The cat is very cute. Its tail is very thick
         John and Mary are classmates. Their houses are very far
         Nani and I are close friends. Our hobbies are collcting old coins
         I am a teacher. My school is in Burangrang street
         You are my new friend. Where is your house

Dalam memilih to be yang tepat, lihat kata bendanya.  Bila kata bendanya berbentuk tunggal (tidak berakhiran S/ES), gunakanlah “is”, tetapi bila kata bendanya berbentuk jamak, cirinya (berakhiran S/ES), gunakanlah  “are”

Contoh :

My house is big

My houses are big

Is your house in Sudirman street?

Their house is not in Sudirman street

Is this your house?

Where is your house?

Whose house is that?

                        A : Is this your pen?                

                        B : No, that is not my pen                    

                              My pen is not blue                    

                        A : What colour is your pen?   

                        B : My pen is red         

                        A : Whose pen is this?

                        B : This is John’s pen