PRONOUN (KATA GANTI)

Pronoun

Pronoun adalah kata yang digunakan atau difungsikan sebagai pengganti kata benda atau noun.

a.         Personal pronoun  

: Kata ganti orang atau benda yang menempati posisi subject atau object.

Kinds of pronoun.

Personal subject	Pronoun object	Possessive pronoun	Possessive adjective	Reflexive pronoun
I	Me	Mine	My ........	Myself
You	You	Yours	Your ........	Yourself Yourselves
They	Them	Theirs	Their ........	Themselves
We	Us	Ours	Our ........	Ourselves
She	Her	Hers	Her ........	Herself
He	Him	His	His ........	Himself
It	It	-	Its ........	Itsself

·         Pronoun Subject : Kata ganti yang menjadi subject (pokok kalimat).

e.g. :

      A : Where is Simon?

B : He is in the kitchen.

      Ana didn’t go to the party last night. She stayed at home.

·         Pronoun Object : Kata ganti yang menjadi object.

Object of transitive verb

e.g. :

      John likes you.

      My sister hates you.

      Can you lend me some money?

Object of preposition.

e.g. :

      The students are waiting for us.

      Look at them.

      I’ll be back with her.

b.        Possessive Pronoun

: Kata ganti yang menunjukkan kepemilikan yang berasal dari personal pronoun.

e.g. :            

Possessive adjective	Possesive pronoun
This is your book.	This book is yours.
Jack is my friend.	Jack is a friend of mine.

c.         Reflexive Pronoun

: Kata ganti yang memiliki makna ‘sendiri(an)’

e.g. :

      They love themselves.

      Simon goes to market by himself.

 



Note : Untuk mengekspresikan makna sendirian (alone) bisa menggunakan dua rumus di bawah ini :

•  By + Reflexive Pronoun

I can’t move on this table by myself

•  On + Possessive Adjective + Own

I can’t move on this table on my own.