What is The Definition of
Pronoun?
1. Pronoun atau
kata ganti benda adalah kata ganti yang digunakan untuk menggantikan orang atau
benda. (Bisa baca juga Pengetian Noun)
I = Orang Pertama Tunggal
We = Orang Pertama Jamak
You = Orang Kedua tunggal/Jamak
She/He/it = Orang ketiga tunggal
They = Orang ketiga jamak
2.
Bentuk-Bentuk
Pronoun
a. Personal
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Subjek = I, You, She, he. Ex : She is a doctor
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Objek = Me, You, Her, His . Ex : It is me
b. Possesive (Kepemilikan)
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Possesive Adjective = My, Your, Her, His. Ex : Is this your book
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Possesive Pronoun = Mine, Yours, His, Hers. Ex : This book
is mine
c. Reflexive
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Myself, Yourself, Himself, Herself. Ex : Let it do by yourself
d. Demonstrative (Kata Ganti Penunjuk)
Ex :
This = ini, digunakan untuk benda dekat yang tunggal. Ex : This is your book
These
= ini, digunakan untuk benda dekat jamak. Ex : These are your toys
That =
itu, digunakan untuk benda jauh tunggal. Ex : That is your car
Those
= itu, digunakan untuk benda jauh jamak. Ex : Those are your cars
e. Indinfinite (Kata ganti benda tak tentu)
Ex :
Each = Setiap, tiap-tiap. Ex : I have two cars, Each costs US 50.000
One
atau Ones = yang lainnya, yang satu. Ex : This car is new, but that one is old
Both =
Kedua. Ex : Lhi and Nhi are absent, both
of them are ill
f.
Interrogative (Kata ganti
penanya)
Ex :
Who = siapa, menanyakan sebagai subjek. Ex : Who teachs you enghlis?
Whom =
Siapa, menanyakan sebagai objek. Ex : Whom
does he love?
What =
apa, menanyakan nama, benda, pekerjaan, jabatan. Ex : What is your name?
g. Relative (Penghubung)
Digunakan
untuk menghubungkan dua buah kalimat yang memiliki subjek atau objek yang sama,
sehingga pengulangan subjek atau objek sama tsb bisa dihindari.
Ex : Who = Subjek. Ex : The woman is standing in the corner.
She is my mother. The woman who standing
in the corner is my mother.
Whom = Objek. Ex : The man is Mr. Adi. I respect him. The
man whom I respect is Mr. Adi.