POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

( Kata Ganti )    

                                                     Possessive

                                                                             

                            Adjective                Pronoun

                                   Their                 Theirs  = punya mereka

                                   Our                   Ours    = punya kami/kita

                                   My                     Mine    = punya saya

                                   Your                  Yours   = punya kamu

                                   His                    His      = punya dia

                                   Her                    Hers   = punya dia

                                   It                        Its       = punya dia

Bentuk kepunyaan ada dua yaitu : Possessive Adjectives dan Possessive Pronouns. Keduanya mempunyai arti yang sama. Perbedaannya adalah :

Possessive Adjective selalu diikuti kata benda

Possessive Pronouns tidak boleh diikuti kata benda

Contoh :

                  Possessive Adjectives                Possessive Pronouns

                  This is my book                             This book is mine

                  That is your book                           That book is yours

                  It is her book                                   It is hers

                  They are our books                        They are ours  

                  Those are his books                      Those are his

                  This is Rudi’s book                         That book is Rudi’s

                  A : Is this your pen?                       A : Is this pen yours?

                  B : No, that is not my pen              B : No, that is not mine

                        My pen is not blue                          Mine is not blue

                  A : What colour is your pen?         A : What colour is yours?

                  B : My pen is red                           B : Mine is red

                  A : Whose pen is this?                   A : Whose is this pen?

                  B : This is John’s pen                       B : This pen is John’s