POSSESSIVE

Definition
PRONOUNS
Types
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 Personal pronoun
There are several
types of pronouns.
Two of them are:
Possessive
pronoun
Definition
Possessive pronouns are
pronoun that demonstrate
ownership.

Possessive pronouns adalah

kata ganti yang menunjukkan
kepemilikan.
Example:

Nama saya Tina.

I name is tina

Me name is tina

My name is Tina.
 Types of
Possessive
pronoun:

Dependent Independent
possessive possessive
pronoun pronoun
 DEPENDENT POSSESIVE PRONOUN
VS
INDEPENDENT POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
Dependent possessive Independent
pronouns possessive pronouns
menggunakan kata my, menggunakan kata
your, her, his, its, our, mine, yours, hers, his,
dan their. dan theirs.
Dependent possessive pronouns
juga biasa disebut possessive
adjective atau possessive
determiners, digunakan untuk
menunjukkan kepemilikan, yang
keberadaannya bergantung pada
noun (kata benda).
Oleh karena itu, dependent possessive pronouns selalu diikuiti oleh noun
(kata benda) dan muncul sebelum noun (kata benda).

Example:

This is your book.

This is your.
This is book your.
 Independent possessive
pronouns digunakan untuk
merujuk kembali ke kata benda
atau frase kata benda yang
sudah digunakan,
menggantikannya untuk
menghindari pengulangan
 Independent possessive pronoun dapat berdiri sendiri tanpa tambahan noun
di belakangnya.

Example:

The book is yours.

The book is yours book.

Dependent possessive
pronoun bergantung
This is your
pada noun sehingga
harus selalu ada noun book.
yang mengikutinya.

Independent possessive
pronoun tidak
bergantung pada noun This book is
sehingga tidak yours.
memerlukan noun
setelahnya.
 Dapat dikatakan,
independent possessive
pronouns menggantikan
dependent possessive
pronouns untuk
menghindari
memberikan informasi
berulang yang
sebenarnya sudah jelas.
 Example:

The book is my book, not your book. (Buku itu adalah buku saya, bukan buku kamu)
(informasinya diulang)

The book is mine, not yours. (Buku ini adalah milik saya, bukan milik kamu)

(dibuat lebih sederhana dengan possessive pronouns)

 1st person

Person 2nd person

3rd person

Penggunaan
dependent Singular
possessive
Number
pronoun
tergantung Plural
pada:

Male

Gender Female

Neuter
 POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
PERSON NUMBER GENDER
DEPENDENT INDEPENDENT
1st Male/Female My Mine
2nd Male/Female Your Yours
Singular Male His His
3rd Female Her Hers
Neuter Its -
 POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
PERSON NUMBER GENDER
DEPENDENT INDEPENDENT
1st Male/Female Our Ours
2nd Male/Female Your Yours
Plural Male
3rd Female Their Theirs
Neuter
Penggunaan Possessive Pronouns
(Singular)
 1st Person

Singular

Male/Female

My (Dependent) and Mine (Independent)

 MY AND MINE

This is
Dependent My
my car.
The car
Independent Mine
is mine.
 2nd Person

Singular

Male/Female

Your (Dependent) and Yours (Independent)

 YOUR AND YOURS

This is
Dependent Your
your car.

The car
Independent Yours
is yours.
3rd Person

Singular

Male

His (Dependent) and His (Independent)

 HIS AND HIS

This is
Dependent His
his car.
The car
Independent His
is his.
3rd Person

Singular

Female

Her (Dependent) and Hers (Independent)

 HER AND HERS

This is
Dependent Her
her car.
The car
Independent Hers
is hers.
3rd Person

Singular

Neuter

Its (Dependent)
 ITS

That is
Dependent Its
its tail.

Independent - -
Penggunaan Possessive Pronouns
(Plural)
 1st Person

Plural

Male/Female

Our (Dependent) and Ours (Independent)

 OUR AND OURS

This is
Dependent Our
our car.
The car
Independent Ours
is ours.
 2nd Person

Plural

Male/Female

Your (Dependent) and Yours (Independent)

 YOUR AND YOURS

This is
Dependent Your
your car.

The car
Independent Yours
is yours.
 3rd Person

Plural

Male/Female/Neuter

Their (Dependent) and Theirs (Independent)

 THEIR AND THEIRS

This is
Dependent Their
their car.

The car
Independent Theirs
is theirs.
 BE CAREFUL!
Possessive pronouns do not have an apostrophe (‘):

Yours/Hers/Its/Ours/Theirs

Your’s/Her’s/It’s/Our’s/Their’s
 EXERCISE.
Replace the personal pronouns by the proper
possessive pronouns.

1. My car is cheap, but (she) is expensive.

2. Suci goes to school with (she) mother.