Possessive Pronouns

Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat Possessive Pronouns

Pengertian Possessive Pronoun

Possessive Pronoun adalah kata ganti yang berfungsi untuk menunjukkan kepemilikan. Di dalam suatu kalimat, kata ini dapat menempati posisi sebagai subject, subject complement, atau direct object. 

Possessive Pronoun vs Possessive Adjective

Kata ini mirip dengan possessive adjective (disebut juga possessive determiner) — semakna namun berbeda dalam struktur. Possessive pronoun menggantikan noun sedangkan possessive adjective ditempatkan sebelum noun.

Person	Number	Possessive Pronoun	Number	Possessive Adjective
1st	singular	mine	singular/plural	my
2nd		yours		your
3rd		hers, his, its		her, his, its
1st	plural	ours		our
2nd		yours		your
3rd		theirs		their

Catatan:

Hers dan her untuk female (perempuan), his untuk male (laki-laki), sedangkan its untuk gender netral.

Contoh Kalimat Possessive Pronoun vs Adjective:

Possessive Pronoun	Possessive Adjective
Mine has worn out. (Punya saya sudah aus.)	My shoes have worn out. (Sepatu saya sudah aus.)
I like yours. (Saya suka punyamu.)	I like your style. (Saya suka gayamu.)
This is hers. (Ini miliknya.)	This is her scarf. (ini syalnya.)
They are using ours. (Mereka sedang menggunakan punya kita.)	They are using our tools. (Mereka sedang menggunakan peralatan kita.)
Yours are on the table. (Punya kalian di atas meja.)	Your tickets are on the table. (Tiket kalian di atas meja.)
Theirs are the best for dry skin. (Punya mereka terbaik untuk kulit kering.)	Their products are the best for dry skin. (Produk mereka terbaik untuk kulit kering.)

Penggunaan Possessive Pronoun

Possessive pronoun digunakan ketika object of possession diketahui berdasarkan konteks. Biasanya ada bagian pendahulu atau antecedent, singular atau plural, yang berhubungan dengan object of possession tersebut.

Contoh Kalimat Possessive Pronoun:

• My brother’s study table was pink. Mine was light blue. (Meja belajar saudara saya merah muda. Punya saya biru muda.)
• I hate my job. Do you hate yours? (Saya benci pekerjaan saya. Apa kamu benci (pekerjaanmu)?)
• Whose wallet is this? It’s hers. (Dompet punya siapa ini? Itu miliknya.)
• Those aren’t our new uniforms. Those are theirs. (Itu bukan seragam baru kita. Itu punya mereka.)

References:

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