PRONOUNS | Pengertian Dan Bentuk-Bentuk Pronouns

A. Pengertian Pronouns
Pronouns atau kata ganti benda adalah kata ganti yang digunakan untuk menggantikan orang atau benda.
 

Perhatikan table berikut:

Pronouns	Keterangan
I	Orang pertama tunggal
We	Orang pertama jamak
You	Orang kedua tunggal/jamak
He/She/It	Orang ketiga tunggal
They	Orang ketiga jamak

B. Bentuk-Bentuk Pronouns

1.   Personal, Possessive, Reflexive Pronouns
     

Untuk membedakan ketiganya perhatikan table berikut:

Personal	Pronouns	Possessive	Pronouns	Reflexive
Subject	Object	Adjective	Pronouns	Pronouns
I You He She It We They	Me You Him Her It Us Them	My Your His Her Its Our Their	Mine Yours His Hers Its Ours Theirs	Myself Yourself Himself Herself Itself Ourselves Themselves

Example:
          - He is a doctor
          - This is my pen
          - They are our friend
          - Is this your book?
          - Let it do by themselves

2.   Demonstrative Pronouns (Kata Ganti Petunjuk)

This = ini, digunakan untuk benda dekat tunggal
Example:

            - This is your bag.
            - What is this?

These = ini, digunakan untuk benda dekat jamak
Example:
             - These are our cars.
             - What are these?

That = itu, untuk benda jauh tunggal
Example:
             - That is your car.
             - What is that?

Those = itu, untuk benda jauh jamak
Example:
             - Those are your cars.
             - What are those?

3.   Indefinite Pronouns (Kata Ganti Benda Tak Tentu)

4.   Interrogative Pronouns (Kata Ganti Penanya)

5.   Relative Pronouns (Kata Ganti Penghubung)