Jul 29, 2020 2:20 pm
Apa pengertian pronoun dan bagaimaan contoh serta penggunaannya dalam kalimat bahasa Inggris?
Pengertian pronoun
Pronoun adalah kata ganti Noun (kata benda), dengan kata lain Pronoun berfungsi menggantikan Noun. Tujuannya adalah untuk mencegah terjadinya pengulangan kata dalam kalimat. Berikut adalah berbagai macam pronoun.
| No | Saya | Kamu | Dia | Kami | Mereka | It | ||
| 1 | Personal | Subject | I | You | He/She | We | They | it |
| Object | Me | You | Him/Her | Us | Them | it | ||
| 2 | Possesive (kepemilikan) | Beforenoun | My | Your | His/Her | Our | Their | |
| alone | Mine | Yours | His/Hers | Ours | Theirs | its | ||
| 3 | Reflexive Pronoun | Myself | Yourself | Him/Herself | Ourselve: | Themselves | itself | |
Contoh:
- Before noun : Studying in Japan is my dream
- Alone : a friend of mine getting married
- personal : Andi is eating = He is eating
- Reflexive Pronoun digunakan apabila pekerjaan dilakukan oleh subject itu sendiri. Contoh: I do it myself.
- Tambahan: apabila you dalam bentuk jamak, reflexive pronounnya adalah yourselves.
Contoh kalimat pronoun lainnya:
- Promoting their good and services, the company salesmen also bid an opportunity to earn some profit. (possesive pronoun)
- Now that their children are growing up, Mr. And Ms. Grayson live themselves. (Reflexive pronoun)
- After his parents passed away, Sam lived himself. (Reflexive pronoun)